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והתקדשתם כי אני ה׳ אלהיכם. קדש ונתתי לכם חקת לשמרם כדי לקדשכם וכבר הזכיר זה הכתוב והטעם להכניס את הגרים התושבים עם ישראל שהם חייבים להיותם קדושים בעבור שידורו בארץ קדושה: SANCTIFY YOURSELVES THEREFORE, AND BE YE HOLY; FOR I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD. Ki ani Adonai Elohekhem (for I am the Lord your God) means for I the Lord your God am holy. I have given you statutes to observe in order to sanctify you.26That is, I who am holy have given you statutes in order to sanctify you. Scripture has already mentioned this.27See Lev. 11:44. It repeats this command so as to include the strangers residing among Israel, for they too are obligated to be holy so that they may continue to be allowed to dwell in a holy land.