Leviticus 11:45

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For I am the Lord, who took you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God; so be you holy, for I am holy.

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 6:7 : 7 And I will take you to be my people and I will be your God; and you will be certain that I am the Lord your God, who takes you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.
  • Exod 20:2 : 2 I am the Lord your God who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house.
  • Ps 105:43-45 : 43 And he took his people out with joy, the men of his selection with glad cries: 44 And gave them the lands of the nations; and they took the work of the peoples for a heritage; 45 So that they might keep his orders, and be true to his laws. Give praise to the Lord.
  • Lev 11:44 : 44 For I am the Lord your God: for this reason, make and keep yourselves holy, for I am holy; you are not to make yourselves unclean with any sort of thing which goes about flat on the earth.
  • Lev 25:38 : 38 I am the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan, that I might be your God.
  • Hos 11:1 : 1 When Israel was a child he was dear to me; and I took my son out of Egypt.
  • 1 Thess 4:7 : 7 Because it is God's purpose that our way of life may be not unclean but holy.
  • 1 Pet 1:16 : 16 Because it has been said in the Writings, You are to be holy, for I am holy.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lev 11:43-44
    2 verses
    87%

    43 You are not to make yourselves disgusting with anything which goes about flat on the earth; you may not make yourselves unclean with them, in such a way that you are not holy to me.

    44 For I am the Lord your God: for this reason, make and keep yourselves holy, for I am holy; you are not to make yourselves unclean with any sort of thing which goes about flat on the earth.

  • Lev 19:2
    85%

    2 Say to all the people of Israel, You are to be holy, for I, the Lord your God, am holy.

  • Lev 22:31-33
    3 verses
    85%

    31 So then, keep my orders and do them: I am the Lord.

    32 And do not make my holy name common; so that it may be kept holy by the children of Israel: I am the Lord who make you holy,

    33 Who took you out of the land of Egypt that I might be your God: I am the Lord.

  • Num 15:40-41
    2 verses
    84%

    40 And that you may keep in mind all my orders and do them and be holy to your God.

    41 I am the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt, so that I might be your God: I am the Lord your God.

  • Lev 20:7-8
    2 verses
    84%

    7 So make and keep yourselves holy, for I am the Lord your God.

    8 And keep my rules and do them: I am the Lord, who make you holy.

  • Lev 20:25-26
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    82%

    25 So then, make division between the clean beast and the unclean, and between the clean bird and the unclean: do not make yourselves disgusting by any beast or bird or anything which goes flat on the earth, which has been marked by me as unclean for you.

    26 And you are to be holy to me; for I the Lord am holy and have made you separate from the nations, so that you may be my people.

  • 1 Pet 1:15-16
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    80%

    15 But be holy in every detail of your lives, as he, whose servants you are, is holy;

    16 Because it has been said in the Writings, You are to be holy, for I am holy.

  • Lev 25:38
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    38 I am the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan, that I might be your God.

  • Lev 21:8
    78%

    8 And he is to be holy in your eyes, for by him the bread of your God is offered; he is to be holy in your eyes, for I the Lord, who make you holy, am holy.

  • Deut 5:6
    78%

    6 I am the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house.

  • Exod 6:6-8
    3 verses
    77%

    6 Say then to the children of Israel, I am Yahweh, and I will take you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians, and make you safe from their power, and will make you free by the strength of my arm after great punishments.

    7 And I will take you to be my people and I will be your God; and you will be certain that I am the Lord your God, who takes you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.

    8 And I will be your guide into the land which I made an oath to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it to you for your heritage: I am Yahweh.

  • Lev 18:2-3
    2 verses
    77%

    2 Say to the children of Israel, I am the Lord your God.

    3 You may not do those things which were done in the land of Egypt where you were living; and you may not do those things which are done in the land of Canaan where I am taking you, or be guided in your behaviour by their rules.

  • Lev 26:12-13
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    77%

    12 And I will be present among you and will be your God and you will be my people.

    13 I am the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt so that you might not be servants to them; by me the cords of your yoke were broken and I made you go upright.

  • Exod 29:45-46
    2 verses
    77%

    45 Among the children of Israel I will make my living-place, and I will be their God.

    46 And they will see that I am the Lord their God, who took them out of the land of Egypt, so that I might be ever with them: I am the Lord their God.

  • Lev 11:46
    76%

    46 This is the law about beasts and birds and every living thing moving in the waters, and every living thing which goes flat on the earth:

  • Lev 25:55
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    55 For the children of Israel are servants to me; they are my servants whom I took out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

  • Jer 11:4
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    4 To the order which I gave your fathers on the day when I took them out of the land of Egypt, out of the oven of iron, saying, Give ear to my voice, and do all the orders I have given you: so you will be my people, and I will be your God:

  • Exod 19:6
    75%

    6 And you will be a kingdom of priests to me, and a holy nation. These are the words which you are to say to the children of Israel.

  • Exod 20:2
    75%

    2 I am the Lord your God who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house.

  • Ezek 20:7
    75%

    7 And I said to them, Let every man among you put away the disgusting things to which his eyes are turned, and do not make yourselves unclean with the images of Egypt; I am the Lord your God.

  • Lev 26:45
    75%

    45 And because of them I will keep in mind the agreement which I made with their fathers, whom I took out of the land of Egypt before the eyes of the nations, to be their God: I am the Lord.

  • Lev 19:30
    74%

    30 Keep my Sabbaths and have respect for my holy place: I am the Lord.

  • Hos 13:4
    74%

    4 But I am the Lord your God, from the land of Egypt; you have knowledge of no other God and there is no saviour but me.

  • Lev 26:2
    74%

    2 Keep my Sabbaths and give honour to my holy place: I am the Lord.

  • Lev 18:30
    73%

    30 So then, keep my orders, so that you may not do any of these disgusting things which were done before you, or make yourselves unclean through them: I am the Lord your God.

  • Hos 12:9
    73%

    9 And Ephraim said, Now I have got wealth and much property; in all my works no sin may be seen in me.

  • Isa 43:15
    73%

    15 I am the Lord, your Holy One, the Maker of Israel, your King.

  • Exod 30:29
    72%

    29 And you are to make them most holy; anything touching them will become holy.

  • Jer 30:22
    72%

    22 And you will be my people, and I will be your God.

  • Ezek 14:11
    72%

    11 So that the children of Israel may no longer go wandering away from me, or make themselves unclean with all their wrongdoing; but they will be my people, and I will be their God, says the Lord.

  • Deut 14:2
    72%

    2 For you are a holy people to the Lord your God, and the Lord has taken you to be his special people out of all the nations on the face of the earth.

  • 2 Kgs 17:36
    72%

    36 But the Lord, who took you out of the land of Egypt with his great power and his outstretched arm, he is your God, to whom you are to give worship and make offerings:

  • Lev 22:2
    72%

    2 Give orders to Aaron and to his sons to keep themselves separate from the holy things of the children of Israel which they give to me, and not to make my holy name common: I am the Lord,

  • Ezek 36:28
    72%

    28 So that you may go on living in the land which I gave to your fathers; and you will be to me a people, and I will be to you a God.

  • Lev 23:43
    71%

    43 So that future generations may keep in mind how I gave the children of Israel tents as their living-places when I took them out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

  • Ezek 20:19
    71%

    19 I am the Lord your God; be guided by my rules and keep my orders and do them:

  • Num 35:34
    71%

    34 Do not make unclean the land where you are living and in which is my House: for I the Lord am present among the children of Israel.

  • Num 15:18
    71%

    18 Say to the children of Israel, When you come into the land where I am guiding you,