⁴⁴ For I am the Lord your God. Consecrate yourselves therefore, and ^(A)be holy, for I am holy. ^(B)You shall not defile yourselves with any swarming thing that crawls on the ground. ^45 (C)For I am the Lord who brought you up out of the land of Egypt to be your God. ^(D)You shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.”