Lev 11:44 | HCSB | STEP | For I am Yahweh your God , so you must consecrate yourselves and be holy because I am holy . You must not defile yourselves by any swarming creature that crawls on the ground .

c Ex 19:22; Lv 20:7; Nm 11:18; Ezk 38:23

Leviticus 11:44

44 For I am ^{▼▼Yahweh/Yah: Or The Lord; the personal name of God in Hebrew; "Yah" is the shortened form of the name.}Yahweh your God, ^b so you must consecrate yourselves ^c and be holy because I am holy. ^d You must not defile yourselves by any swarming creature that crawls on the ground.