Jehovah himself told them: “You must prove yourselves holy to me, because I Jehovah am holy; and I am proceeding to divide you off from the peoples to become mine. ” ​ — Leviticus 19: 2; 20: 26.
ואבדיל אתכם מן העמים להיות לי [שלי] ” (‏ ויקרא י ” ט: 2; כ ’: 26‏) .‏