Leviticus 11:45
in Leviticus 11For I am the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt so that I would be your God; therefore be holy, because I am holy.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
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.
KJV
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.
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This verse in Leviticus 11
Commentary
4 notes on this verseHis holiness is his glory ( Exod. xv. 11 ), and therefore it becomes his house for ever, Ps. xciii. This great precept, thus enforced, though it comes in here in the midst of abrogated laws, is quoted and stamped for a gospel precept, 1 Pet. i.
This site's exposition
For I am the LORD your God
on Leviticus 11:44-45
Here the chapter gives its one reason, and the reason is God rather than the animals. Ye shall be holy, for I am holy, said twice in two verses, with the deliverance out of Egypt set beside it as the ground already laid. 1 Peter 1:16 quotes that line to a church keeping none of these food rules, which is the New Testament taking up the reason and leaving the list. Ye shall be holy stands again at 19:2 and 20:26, and the sentence carries the argument of the whole book.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
For I am the Lord that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt,....
This was a reason why they should cheerfully submit to distinguishing laws, having of late been so wonderfully dignified with distinguishing favours. He that had done more for them than for any other people might justly expect more from them. The conclusion of this statute: This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, &c.,
The words behind it
15 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כִּ֣י׀ | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| אֲנִ֣י | ʾani | I | H589 → | 874 times |
| יְהוָ֗ה | yahweh | [am] Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| הַֽמַּעֲלֶ֤ה | hamaaleh | who brought up | H5927 → | 890 times |
| אֶתְכֶם֙ | ʾetkhem | <obj.> you | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מֵאֶ֣רֶץ | meeretz | from [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| מִצְרַ֔יִם | mitzrayim | Egypt | H4714 → | 641 times |
| לִהְיֹ֥ת | lihyot | to become | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לָכֶ֖ם | lakhem | for <the> you | ||
| לֵאלֹהִ֑ים | lelohim | <into> God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| וִהְיִיתֶ֣ם | vihyitem | and you will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| קְדֹשִׁ֔ים | kedoshim | holy | H6918 → | 116 times |
| כִּ֥י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| קָד֖וֹשׁ | kadoosh | [am] holy | H6918 → | 116 times |
| אָֽנִי׃ | ʾani | I | H589 → | 874 times |
כִּ֣י׀for
kiH3588 →4482 times
אֲנִ֣יI
ʾaniH589 →874 times
יְהוָ֗ה[am] Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
הַֽמַּעֲלֶ֤הwho brought up
hamaalehH5927 →890 times
אֶתְכֶם֙<obj.> you
ʾetkhemH853 →10935 times
מֵאֶ֣רֶץfrom [the] land of
meeretzH776 →2504 times
מִצְרַ֔יִםEgypt
mitzrayimH4714 →641 times
לִהְיֹ֥תto become
lihyotH1961 →3559 times
לָכֶ֖םfor <the> you
lakhem
לֵאלֹהִ֑ים<into> God
lelohimH430 →2601 times
וִהְיִיתֶ֣םand you will be
vihyitemH1961 →3559 times
קְדֹשִׁ֔יםholy
kedoshimH6918 →116 times
כִּ֥יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
קָד֖וֹשׁ[am] holy
kadooshH6918 →116 times
אָֽנִי׃I
ʾaniH589 →874 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Peter 1:16for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”
it leads to
- Leviticus 19:2
“Speak to the whole congregation of Israel and tell them: Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Leviticus 11:44
For I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any creature that crawls along the ground.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Leviticus 20:7
Consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am the LORD your God.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Leviticus 19:2
Through
Exodus 20:2“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 5:6
“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
- Hosea 13:4
Yet I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt; you know no God but Me, for there is no Savior besides Me.
- Leviticus 26:13
I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt so that you would no longer be slaves to the Egyptians. I broke the bars of your yoke and…
- Psalms 81:10
I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it.
- Deuteronomy 5:6
Through
Leviticus 11:44For I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any creature that crawls along the ground.
it leads to
- Exodus 20:2
“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
- Exodus 20:2
Where this verse is studied
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This page draws on Andrew Bonar, A Commentary on Leviticus; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.