When God was delivering the Israelites from Egyptian slavery, they were told: “I am Jehovah, who is leading you up out of the land of Egypt to prove myself God to you, and you must be holy, because I am holy. ”
૧૧: ૪૫) યહોવા પોતે પવિત્ર છે એટલે ઇચ્છતા હતા કે ઈસ્રાએલીઓ પણ પવિત્ર બને.