Leviticus 11:45
Good News Translation
I am the LORD who brought you out of Egypt so that I could be your God. You must be holy, because I am holy.

New Revised Standard Version
For I am the LORD who brought you up from the land of Egypt, to be your God; you shall be holy, for I am holy.

Contemporary English Version
I brought you out of Egypt so that I could be your God. Now you must become holy, because I am holy!

New American Bible
Since I, the LORD, am the one who brought you up from the land of Egypt that I might be your God, you shall be holy, because I am holy.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For I am the Lord, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that I might be your God.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

For I am the Lord, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that I might be your God.

that bringeth

Exodus 6:7 And I will take you to myself for my people, I will be your God: and you shall know that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from the work-prison of the Egyptians:

Psalm 105:43-45 And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness. . . .

be holy

Leviticus 11:44 For I am the Lord your God. Be holy because I am holy. Defile not your souls by any creeping thing, that moveth upon the earth.

Exodus 6:7 And I will take you to myself for my people, I will be your God: and you shall know that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from the work-prison of the Egyptians:

Exodus 20:2 I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

Psalm 105:43-45 And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness. . . .

Hosea 11:1 As the morning passeth, so hath the king of Israel passed away. Because Israel was a child, and I loved him: and I called my son out of Egypt.

1 Thessalonians 4:7 For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto sanctification.

Context
Clean and Unclean Animals
44For I am the Lord your God. Be holy because I am holy. Defile not your souls by any creeping thing, that moveth upon the earth. 45For I am the Lord, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that I might be your God.46You shall be holy, because I am holy. This is the law of beasts and fowls, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and creepeth on the earth:…
Cross References
1 Peter 1:16
Because it is written: You shall be holy, for I am holy.

Genesis 17:7
And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and between thy seed after thee in their generations, by a perpetual covenant: to be a God to thee, and to thy seed after thee.

Exodus 6:7
And I will take you to myself for my people, I will be your God: and you shall know that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from the work-prison of the Egyptians:

Exodus 19:10
And he said to him: Go to the people, and sanctify them to day, and to morrow, and let them wash their garments.

Exodus 20:2
I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

Leviticus 11:46
You shall be holy, because I am holy. This is the law of beasts and fowls, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and creepeth on the earth:

Leviticus 19:2
Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel. And thou shalt say to them: Be ye holy, because I the Lord your God am holy.

Leviticus 22:33
And who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that I might be your God. I am the Lord.

Leviticus 25:38
I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that I might give you the land of Chanaan, and might be your God.

Leviticus 26:45
And I will remember my former covenant, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, in the sight of the Gentiles, to be their God. I am the Lord. These are the judgments, and precepts, and laws, which the Lord gave between him and the children of Israel, in mount Sinai, by the hand of Moses.

Numbers 15:40
But rather being mindful of the precepts of the Lord, may do them and be holy to their God.

1 Samuel 6:20
And the men of Bethsames said: Who shall be able to stand before the Lord this holy God? and to whom shall he go up from us?

Leviticus 11:44
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