you will be for me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.” These are the words you are to speak to the Israelites.’

and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. These are the words that you shall speak to the people of Israel.”

‘Take the ram for the ordination and cook the meat in a sacred place.

“You shall take the ram of ordination and boil its flesh in a holy place.

Aaron and his sons shall eat the rest of it, but it is to be eaten without yeast in the sanctuary area; they are to eat it in the courtyard of the tent of meeting.

And the rest of it Aaron and his sons shall eat. It shall be eaten unleavened in a holy place. In the court of the tent of meeting they shall eat it.

The priest who offers it shall eat it; it is to be eaten in the sanctuary area, in the courtyard of the tent of meeting.

The priest who offers it for sin shall eat it. In a holy place it shall be eaten, in the court of the tent of meeting.

Whatever touches any of the flesh will become holy, and if any of the blood is spattered on a garment, you must wash it in the sanctuary area.

Whatever touches its flesh shall be holy, and when any of its blood is splashed on a garment, you shall wash that on which it was splashed in a holy place.

Any male in a priest’s family may eat it, but it must be eaten in the sanctuary area; it is most holy.

Every male among the priests may eat of it. It shall be eaten in a holy place. It is most holy.

I am the  Lord your God; consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am holy. Do not make yourselves unclean by any creature that moves along the ground.

For I am the  Lord your God. Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am holy. You shall not defile yourselves with any swarming thing that crawls on the ground.

I am the  Lord, who brought you up out of Egypt to be your God; therefore be holy, because I am holy.

For I am the  Lord who brought you up out of the land of Egypt to be your God. You shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.”

He shall bathe himself with water in the sanctuary area and put on his ordinary garments. Then he shall come out and sacrifice the burnt offering for himself and the burnt offering for the people, to make atonement for himself and for the people.

And he shall bathe his body in water in a holy place and put on his garments and come out and offer his burnt offering and the burnt offering of the people and make atonement for himself and for the people.

‘Speak to the entire assembly of Israel and say to them: “Be holy because I, the  Lord your God, am holy.

“Speak to all the congregation of the people of Israel and say to them, You shall be holy, for I the  Lord your God am holy.

‘“Consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am the  Lord your God.

Consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, for I am the  Lord your God.

You are to be holy to me because I, the  Lord, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be my own.

You shall be holy to me, for I the  Lord am holy and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be mine.

They must be holy to their God and must not profane the name of their God. Because they present the food offerings to the  Lord, the food of their God, they are to be holy.

They shall be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God. For they offer the  Lord’s food offerings, the bread of their God; therefore they shall be holy.

‘“They must not marry women defiled by prostitution or divorced from their husbands, because priests are holy to their God.

They shall not marry a prostitute or a woman who has been defiled, neither shall they marry a woman divorced from her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.

Regard them as holy, because they offer up the food of your God. Consider them holy, because I the  Lord am holy – I who make you holy.

You shall sanctify him, for he offers the bread of your God. He shall be holy to you, for I, the  Lord, who sanctify you, am holy.

It belongs to Aaron and his sons, who are to eat it in the sanctuary area, because it is a most holy part of their perpetual share of the food offerings presented to the  Lord.’

And it shall be for Aaron and his sons, and they shall eat it in a holy place, since it is for him a most holy portion out of the  Lord’s food offerings, a perpetual due.”

Then he shall take some holy water in a clay jar and put some dust from the tabernacle floor into the water.

And the priest shall take holy water in an earthenware vessel and take some of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle and put it into the water.

‘“During the entire period of their Nazirite vow, no razor may be used on their head. They must be holy until the period of their dedication to the  Lord is over; they must let their hair grow long.

“All the days of his vow of separation, no razor shall touch his head. Until the time is completed for which he separates himself to the  Lord, he shall be holy. He shall let the locks of hair of his head grow long.

Throughout the period of their dedication, they are consecrated to the  Lord.

All the days of his separation he is holy to the  Lord.

Then you will remember to obey all my commands and will be consecrated to your God.

So you shall remember and do all my commandments, and be holy to your God.

They came as a group to oppose Moses and Aaron and said to them, ‘You have gone too far! The whole community is holy, every one of them, and the  Lord is with them. Why then do you set yourselves above the  Lord’s assembly?’

They assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron and said to them, “You have gone too far! For all in the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the  Lord is among them. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the  Lord?”

Then he said to Korah and all his followers: ‘In the morning the  Lord will show who belongs to him and who is holy, and he will make that person come near him. The man he chooses he will cause to come near him.

and he said to Korah and all his company, “In the morning the  Lord will show who is his, and who is holy, and will bring him near to him. The one whom he chooses he will bring near to him.

and tomorrow put burning coals and incense in them before the  Lord. The man the  Lord chooses will be the one who is holy. You Levites have gone too far!’

put fire in them and put incense on them before the  Lord tomorrow, and the man whom the  Lord chooses shall be the holy one. You have gone too far, sons of Levi!”

For you are a people holy to the  Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession.

“For you are a people holy to the  Lord your God. The  Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.

for you are a people holy to the  Lord your God. Out of all the peoples on the face of the earth, the  Lord has chosen you to be his treasured possession.

For you are a people holy to the  Lord your God, and the  Lord has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.

Do not eat anything you find already dead. You may give it to the foreigner residing in any of your towns, and they may eat it, or you may sell it to any other foreigner. But you are a people holy to the  Lord your God.

Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.

“You shall not eat anything that has died naturally. You may give it to the sojourner who is within your towns, that he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a people holy to the  Lord your God.

“You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.

For the  Lord your God moves about in your camp to protect you and to deliver your enemies to you. Your camp must be holy, so that he will not see among you anything indecent and turn away from you.

Because the  Lord your God walks in the midst of your camp, to deliver you and to give up your enemies before you, therefore your camp must be holy, so that he may not see anything indecent among you and turn away from you.

He has declared that he will set you in praise, fame and honour high above all the nations he has made and that you will be a people holy to the  Lord your God, as he promised.

and that he will set you in praise and in fame and in honor high above all nations that he has made, and that you shall be a people holy to the  Lord your God, as he promised.”

The  Lord will establish you as his holy people, as he promised you on oath, if you keep the commands of the  Lord your God and walk in obedience to him.

The  Lord will establish you as a people holy to himself, as he has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the  Lord your God and walk in his ways.

Surely it is you who love the people;
all the holy ones are in your hand.
At your feet they all bow down,
and from you receive instruction,

Yes he loved his people
all his holy ones were in his hand;
so they followed in your steps,
receiving direction from you,

About Levi he said:

‘Your Thummim and Urim belong
to your faithful servant.
You tested him at Massah;
you contended with him at the waters of Meribah.

And of Levi he said,

“Give to Levi your Thummim,
and your Urim to your godly one,
whom you tested at Massah,
with whom you quarreled at the waters of Meribah;

Joshua said to the people, ‘You are not able to serve the  Lord. He is a holy God; he is a jealous God. He will not forgive your rebellion and your sins.

But Joshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve the  Lord, for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions or your sins.

‘There is no one holy like the  Lord;
there is no one besides you;
there is no Rock like our God.

“There is none holy like the  Lord:
for there is none besides you;
there is no rock like our God.

He will guard the feet of his faithful servants,
but the wicked will be silenced in the place of darkness.
‘It is not by strength that one prevails;

“He will guard the feet of his faithful ones,
but the wicked shall be cut off in darkness,
for not by might shall a man prevail.

And the people of Beth Shemesh asked, ‘Who can stand in the presence of the  Lord, this holy God? To whom will the ark go up from here?’

Then the men of Beth-shemesh said, “Who is able to stand before the  Lord, this holy God? And to whom shall he go up away from us?”

‘To the faithful you show yourself faithful,
to the blameless you show yourself blameless,

“With the merciful you show yourself merciful;
with the blameless man you show yourself blameless;

She said to her husband, ‘I know that this man who often comes our way is a holy man of God.

And she said to her husband, “Behold now, I know that this is a holy man of God who is continually passing our way.

Who is it you have ridiculed and blasphemed?
Against whom have you raised your voice
and lifted your eyes in pride?
Against the Holy One of Israel!

“Whom have you mocked and reviled?
Against whom have you raised your voice
and lifted your eyes to the heights?
Against the Holy One of Israel!

‘Now arise,  Lord God, and come to your resting place,
you and the ark of your might.
May your priests,  Lord God, be clothed with salvation,
may your faithful people rejoice in your goodness.

“And now arise, O  Lord God, and go to your resting place,
you and the ark of your might.
Let your priests, O  Lord God, be clothed with salvation,
and let your saints rejoice in your goodness.

He said to the Levites, who instructed all Israel and who had been consecrated to the  Lord: ‘Put the sacred ark in the temple that Solomon son of David king of Israel built. It is not to be carried about on your shoulders. Now serve the  Lord your God and his people Israel.

And he said to the Levites who taught all Israel and who were holy to the  Lord, “Put the holy ark in the house that Solomon the son of David, king of Israel, built. You need not carry it on your shoulders. Now serve the  Lord your God and his people Israel.

Then Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and teacher of the Law, and the Levites who were instructing the people said to them all, ‘This day is holy to the  Lord your God. Do not mourn or weep.’ For all the people had been weeping as they listened to the words of the Law.

And Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, “This day is holy to the  Lord your God; do not mourn or weep.” For all the people wept as they heard the words of the Law.

Nehemiah said, ‘Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send some to those who have nothing prepared. This day is holy to our  Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the  Lord is your strength.’

Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat and drink sweet wine and send portions to anyone who has nothing ready, for this day is holy to our Lord. And do not be grieved, for the joy of the  Lord is your strength.”

The Levites calmed all the people, saying, ‘Be still, for this is a holy day. Do not grieve.’

So the Levites calmed all the people, saying, “Be quiet, for this day is holy; do not be grieved.”

‘Call if you will, but who will answer you?
To which of the holy ones will you turn?

“Call now; is there anyone who will answer you?
To which of the holy ones will you turn?

Then I would still have this consolation –
my joy in unrelenting pain –
that I had not denied the words of the Holy One.

This would be my comfort;
I would even exult in pain unsparing,
for I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

If God places no trust in his holy ones,
if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes,

Behold, God puts no trust in his holy ones,
and the heavens are not pure in his sight;

Know that the  Lord has set apart his faithful servant for himself;
the  Lord hears when I call to him.

But know that the  Lord has set apart the godly for himself;
the  Lord hears when I call to him.

Help,  Lord, for no one is faithful any more;
those who are loyal have vanished from the human race.

Save, O  Lord, for the godly one is gone;
for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man.

I say of the holy people who are in the land,
‘They are the noble ones in whom is all my delight.’

As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones,
in whom is all my delight.

because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead,
nor will you let your faithful one see decay.

For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol,
or let your holy one see corruption.

To the faithful you show yourself faithful,
to the blameless you show yourself blameless,

With the merciful you show yourself merciful;
with the blameless man you show yourself blameless;

Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One;
you are the one Israel praises.

Yet you are holy,
enthroned on the praises of Israel.

Sing the praises of the  Lord, you his faithful people;
praise his holy name.

Sing praises to the  Lord, O you his saints,
and give thanks to his holy name.

Love the  Lord, all his faithful people!
The  Lord preserves those who are true to him,
but the proud he pays back in full.

Love the  Lord, all you his saints!
The  Lord preserves the faithful
but abundantly repays the one who acts in pride.

Therefore let all the faithful pray to you
while you may be found;
surely the rising of the mighty waters
will not reach them.

Therefore let everyone who is godly
offer prayer to you at a time when you may be found;
surely in the rush of great waters,
they shall not reach him.

Fear the  Lord, you his holy people,
for those who fear him lack nothing.

Oh, fear the  Lord, you his saints,
for those who fear him have no lack!

For the  Lord loves the just
and will not forsake his faithful ones.
Wrongdoers will be completely destroyed ;
the offspring of the wicked will perish.

For the  Lord loves justice;
he will not forsake his saints.
They are preserved forever,
but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.

Vindicate me, my God,
and plead my cause
against an unfaithful nation.
Rescue me from those who are
deceitful and wicked.

Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause
against an ungodly people,
from the deceitful and unjust man
deliver me!

There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
the holy place where the Most High dwells.

There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
the holy habitation of the Most High.

‘Gather to me this consecrated people,
who made a covenant with me by sacrifice.’

“Gather to me my faithful ones,
who made a covenant with me by sacrifice!”