Verse 16

because it hath been written, `Become ye holy, because I am holy;'

Referenced Verses

• Lev 11:44 : 44 `For I `am' Jehovah your God, and ye have sanctified yourselves, and ye have been holy, for I `am' holy; and ye do not defile your persons with any teeming thing which is creeping on the earth;
• Lev 19:2 : 2 `Speak unto all the company of the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, Ye are holy, for holy `am' I, Jehovah, your God.
• Lev 20:7 : 7 `And ye have sanctified yourselves, and ye have been holy, for I `am' Jehovah your God;