For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
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Interpretation
This verse continues the thought already in view and fits the wider themes of holiness and atonement in Leviticus.
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This thought runs through Leviticus 11:43-47.