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Moses and Joshua in the Tabernacle, James Tissot

Leviticus 11:44

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Leviticus 11:44 (WEB)

For I am the LORD your God. Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am holy. You shall not defile yourselves with any kind of creeping thing that moves on the earth.

Fathers and councils · 2

Origen

  • “…Him who created it,” when a man becomes “perfect,” as “our Father in heaven is perfect,” and hears the command, “Be ye holy, for I the Lord your God am holy,” and learning the precept, “Be ye followers of God,” receives into his virtuous soul the traits of God’s image.” — editor's note: Lev. xi. 44.

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Tertullian

  • “For there is a prophetic utterance of the Old Testament: “Holy shall ye be, because God is holy;” and again: “With the holy thou shalt be sanctified; and with the innocent man thou shalt be innocent; and with the elect, elect.”” — editor's note: See Lev. xi. 44, 45; xix. 2; xx. 7, LXX. and Vulg.

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Cross-references · 13

  • Cited together in On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 9.

  • Cited together in On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 9.

  • Cited together in On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 9.

  • Cited together in On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 9.

  • Cited together in On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 9.

  • Cited together in On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 9.

  • Cited together in On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 9.

  • Cited together in On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 9.

  • Cited together in Against Celsus VI.63.

  • Cited together in On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 9.

  • Cited together in On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 9.

  • Cited together in On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 9.

  • Cross-reference given by the World English Bible's translators.

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