"I am the LORD your God who brought you out of Egypt, where you were slaves.

The new covenant that I will make with the people of Israel will be this: I will put my law within them and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

I am the LORD your God, and you must keep yourselves holy, because I am holy.

And the LORD said, "Obey the commands I give and do not follow the practices of the people who lived in the land before you, and do not make yourselves unclean by doing any of these things. I am the LORD your God."

to say to the community of Israel, "Be holy, because I, the LORD your God, am holy.

Tell them what I am saying. When I chose Israel, I made them a promise. I revealed myself to them in Egypt and told them: I am the LORD your God.