Lev 11:44, Deu 14:2-3 | ESV | STEP | 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 .

a ch. 19:2; 20:7, 26; 21:8; Ex. 19:6; Cited 1 Pet. 1:16; [1 Thess. 4:7]

b[See ver. 43 above]

Leviticus 11:44

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

Deuteronomy 14:2-3

2 For ^cyou 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.

3 ^d“You shall not eat any abomination.