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Leviticus 11:45

For I am the LORD that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.

KJV

Ego enim sum Dominus, qui eduxi vos de terra Ægypti, ut essem vobis in Deum. Sancti eritis, quia ego sanctus sum.

Vulgate

ὅτι ἐγώ εἰμι Κύριος ὁ ἀναγαγὼν ὑμᾶς ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου εἶναι ὑμῶν θεός· καὶ ἔσεσθε ἅγιοι, ὅτι ἅγιός εἰμι ἐγὼ Κύριος.

LXX

For I am Jehovah that brought you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.

ASV

כִּ֣י אֲנִ֣י יְהוָ֗ה הַֽ/מַּעֲלֶ֤ה אֶתְ/כֶם֙ מֵ/אֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם לִ/הְיֹ֥ת לָ/כֶ֖ם לֵ/אלֹהִ֑ים וִ/הְיִיתֶ֣ם קְדֹשִׁ֔ים כִּ֥י קָד֖וֹשׁ אָֽנִי

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲנִ֥י
'ny
pronoun · 862×
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יַּ֥עַל
y'l
verb · 885×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
מִצְרַ֔יִם
mtsrym
proper_noun · 634×
קְד֥וֹשׁ
qdvsh
noun · 119×

Typology

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Pet 1:16 — Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
  • 1Sam 6:20 — And the men of Bethshemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy LORD God? and to whom shall he go up from us?
  • 1Thess 4:7 — For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
  • Dan 1:8 — But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he mig
  • Deut 14:2 — For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.
  • Eph 5:1 — Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
  • Exod 6:7 — And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
  • Exod 20:2 — I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
  • Isa 52:11 — Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the LORD.
  • Lev 11:44 — For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the ear
  • Lev 22:33 — That brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD.
  • Lev 25:38 — I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.
  • Ps 105:43 — And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness: