Levitico 11:45

45 Poiché io sono l’Eterno che vi ho fatti salire dal paese d’Egitto, per essere il vostro Dio; siate dunque santi, perché io son santo.

Levitico 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.

Levitico 11:45 In-Context

43 Non rendete le vostre persone abominevoli mediante alcuno di questi animali che strisciano; e non vi rendete impuri per loro mezzo, in guisa da rimaner così contaminati.

44 Poiché io sono l’Eterno, l’Iddio vostro; santificatevi dunque e siate santi, perché io son santo; e non contaminate le vostre persone mediante alcuno di questi animali che strisciano sulla terra.

45 Poiché io sono l’Eterno che vi ho fatti salire dal paese d’Egitto, per essere il vostro Dio; siate dunque santi, perché io son santo.

46 Questa è la legge concernente i quadrupedi, gli uccelli, ogni essere vivente che si muove nelle acque e ogni essere che striscia sulla terra,

47 affinché sappiate discernere ciò ch’è impuro da ciò ch’è puro, l’animale che si può mangiare da quello che non si deve mangiare".