Levitikus 11:45

45 Denn ich bin der HERR, der euch aus Ägyptenland geführt hat, daß ich euer Gott sei. Darum sollt ihr heilig sein, denn ich bin heilig.

Levitikus 11:45 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 11:45

For I am the Lord that bringeth you up out of the land of
Egypt
He had brought them out of it, and was now bringing them on in the wilderness towards Canaan's land, in order to settle them there; and this is observed, to show what obligations they lay under to him to observe his commands; for since he had done such great things for them, it became them to be obedient to him in all things: and the more, since his end herein was, as he observes to them,

to be your God;
to make it appear that he was their God, and they were his special people, whom he had chosen for himself above all people upon the earth; that he was their King and their God, to protect and defend them, to provide for them, and take care of them, and bestow all good things on them proper for them:

ye shall therefore be holy, for I [am] holy;
separate from all others as he was, living holy lives and conversations, agreeably to his will made known to them, in imitation or him who had chosen and called them to be his people; for, since holiness is his nature, it becomes them who are his house and family, his subjects and people.

Levitikus 11:45 In-Context

43 Macht eure Seelen nicht zum Scheusal und verunreinigt euch nicht an ihnen, daß ihr euch besudelt.

44 Denn ich bin der HERR, euer Gott. Darum sollt ihr euch heiligen, daß ihr heilig seid, denn ich bin heilig, und sollt eure Seelen nicht verunreinigen an irgend einem kriechenden Tier, das auf Erden schleicht.

45 Denn ich bin der HERR, der euch aus Ägyptenland geführt hat, daß ich euer Gott sei. Darum sollt ihr heilig sein, denn ich bin heilig.

46 Dies ist das Gesetz von den Tieren und Vögeln und allerlei Tieren, die sich regen im Wasser, und allerlei Tieren, die auf Erden schleichen,

47 daß ihr unterscheiden könnt, was unrein und rein ist, und welches Tier man essen und welches man nicht essen soll.