VaYikra 11:44

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44 כִּי אֲנִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם וְהִתְקַדִּשְׁתֶּם וִהְיִיתֶם קְדֹשִׁים כִּי קָדֹושׁ אָנִי וְלֹא תְטַמְּאוּ אֶת־נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶם בְּכָל־הַשֶּׁרֶץ הָרֹמֵשׂ עַל־הָאָרֶץ׃


Commentary on this verse  

By Henry MacLagan

Verse 44. For the Lord is good itself and truth itself united; and therefore man should be holy by the conjunction of these in himself, since the Lord is holiness itself by that union; neither should the spiritual man defile himself with any sensual affection separated from the higher life.