He must be holy and must not disgrace my name. He offers food offerings to me, and he must be holy.

and the LORD said to him, "Go to the people and tell them to spend today and tomorrow purifying themselves for worship. They must wash their clothes

Then Moses came down the mountain and told the people to get ready for worship. So they washed their clothes,

Put these clothes on your brother Aaron and his sons. Then ordain them and dedicate them by anointing them with olive oil, so that they may serve me as priests.

"This is what you are to do to Aaron and his sons to dedicate them as priests in my service. Take one young bull and two rams without any defects.

There I will meet the people of Israel, and the dazzling light of my presence will make the place holy.

I will make the Tent and the altar holy, and I will set Aaron and his sons apart to serve me as priests.

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

I am the LORD who brought you out of Egypt so that I could be your God. You must be holy, because I am holy.

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

Keep yourselves holy, because I am the LORD your God.

Obey my laws, because I am the LORD and I make you holy."

As for me, the Father chose me and sent me into the world. How, then, can you say that I blaspheme because I said that I am the Son of God?

And for their sake I dedicate myself to you, in order that they, too, may be truly dedicated to you.

Jesus, then, is the High Priest that meets our needs. He is holy; he has no fault or sin in him; he has been set apart from sinners and raised above the heavens.

What, then, of those who despise the Son of God? who treat as a cheap thing the blood of God's covenant which purified them from sin? who insult the Spirit of grace? Just think how much worse is the punishment they will deserve!