– The command of the Lord: “Be holy because I am holy”, in addition to speaking of this divine attribute, presents the ideal of life for the Israelite people:
Leviticus 11:44-45 : You shall sanctify yourselves and be holy, for I am holy.
Leviticus 19 :2: You shall say this to all the assembly of Israel: Be holy, for I, the Lord your God, am holy.
Leviticus 20:26 : You will be holy to me, for I, the Lord, am holy.
Leviticus 21:8: Thou shalt call the priest holy, because he offers the bread of thy God.
Josh 24:19 : You cannot serve the Lord, for he is a holy God, a jealous God.
Job 6:10 : And I would rejoice in his merciless torment, for not having denied the words of the Holy One.
Psalm 70:22 : Then I will celebrate your faithfulness on the strings of the lyre, I will sing of you on the harp, O Holy One of Israel.
Psalm 98 :5 : Exalt the Lord our God and prostrate yourselves at his footstool, for he is holy.
Ps 144 :17: The Lord is righteous in his ways, and holy in all that he does.
Is 6:3 : Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God of hosts! The whole earth proclaims his glory!
Is 12:6 : Rejoice and be glad, inhabitants of Zion, for the Holy One of Israel is great among you.
Is 30:11 : Get out of the way, get out of the path, stop placing us in the sight of the Holy One of Israel.
Is 40:25 : “To whom then can you compare me, that I may be equal to me?”, says the Saint.
Is 43 :3 : For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your savior.
Hos 11:9: Because I am God and not a man, I am the Holy One in your midst, and I do not like to destroy.
Hab 1:12 : Are you not, Lord, from the beginning, my God, my Holy One, the Immortal?
Hab 3 :3 : God comes from Teman, the Holy One comes from Mount Paran.
– This goal proposed by God permeates the entire religious life of the chosen people:
Ex 19,6 : But you will be to me a kingdom of priests and a consecrated nation.
Ex 33,16 : How will it be known that we have all your favor, I and your people?
Deut 7:6: Because you are a people consecrated to the Lord your God, who chose you to be his people.
Wis 10:15 : It was she who delivered the holy people and the blameless race from the nations that tyrannized.
Wis 18:1 : Yet for your saints there was a most brilliant light.
– Not only about the people, the priests and Levites, but also the rites, the time:
Gen 28:16-17 : Jacob, waking up from his sleep, exclaimed: “Indeed, the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it!”.
Ex 3,5 : Do not approach here. Take your sandals off your feet, because the place where you are standing is holy ground.
Ex 16:23 : This is what the Lord has commanded. Tomorrow is a day of rest, the Sabbath consecrated to the Lord.
Ex 19,6.12 : But you will be to me a kingdom of priests and a consecrated nation.
Ex 21,6 : His master will then take him before God and make him approach the jamb or the doorpost.
Ex 40:35 : And it was impossible for Moses to enter the tent of meeting, because the cloud was hovering over it.
Leviticus 16:2 : Advise your brother Aaron never to enter the sanctuary beyond the veil, in front of the mercy seat.
Lev 23:4 : These are the feasts of the Lord, holy assemblies, which you shall announce at the proper time.
Num 1:51 : When it is time to leave, the Levites will dismantle the tabernacle and set it up when it is time to set up camp.
Num 18:22 : The Israelites shall not go near the tent of meeting any more, lest the burden of sin fall upon them.
– In the NT, Jesus is the saint of God:
Lk 1:35 : Therefore the holy thing to be born of you will be called the Son of God.
Mk 1,24 : What do you have with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to lose us? I know who you are: the Holy One of God!
Lk 4,34 : Leave us! What do we have with you, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to lose us? I know who you are: the Holy One of God!
Jn 6:69 : And we believe and know that you are the Holy One of God!
Acts 3:14 : But you denied the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be given to you.
Acts 4:27 , 30 : Indeed, in this city they were united against your holy servant Jesus.
Rev 3:7 : This is what the Holy and True One says, who has the key of David.
Rev 6:10 : How long will you, who are the Lord, the Holy One, the True, do not do justice?
– By faith and baptism, Christians are united to the Mystical Body of Christ:
Jn 17:19 : I sanctify myself for them, that they too may be sanctified through the truth.
1Cor 1:30 : It is by his grace that you are in Christ Jesus, who from God became wisdom for us.
1Cor 3,16 : Do you not know that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?
Eph 2:22 : This is where you also enter together through the Spirit.
Eph 5:26 : To sanctify her, purifying her with the water of baptism with the word.
1Jn 2:20 : You, however, have the anointing of the Holy One and know all things.
Jude 1:20 : Beloved, build one another up on the foundation of your most holy faith. Pray in the Holy Spirit.
– And from him proceeds the Holy Spirit to them:
Rom 1 : 7 : To all who are in Rome, dear to God, called to be saints.
Romans 15:26 , 31 : Macedonia and Achaia decided to collect for the brothers in Jerusalem.
1Cor 16,1.15 : Regarding the collection and benefit of the saints, you also followed the directives.
2Cor 1,1 : Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, […], and to all the holy brothers.
2Cor 8,4 : And they asked us very insistently for the favor of being able to join in this help destined for the brothers.
2Cor 9,1-12 : Regarding the help to be given to the brothers, I find it almost superfluous to continue writing to you.
2Cor 13,12 : Salute one another in the holy kiss. All the saints salute you.
Col 1,2 : To the brothers in Christ, saints and faithful of Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father!
Phil 1:2 : Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!
Phl 4,21-22 : Greet all the saints in Jesus Christ.
1Pet 2 :9: But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation.
– And allows them to be a living offering to the Lord:
Rom 12 :1 : I exhort you, […] to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy, pleasing to God.
Rom 15:16 : And this so that the Gentiles, sanctified by the Holy Spirit, may be a pleasing offering to him.
Phl 2,17 : Even if I have to shed my blood on the sacrifice in honor of your faith, I rejoice.
1Pt 2,5.9 : You also become the materials of this spiritual building, a holy priesthood.
Rev 1 :6: And who has made us a kingdom of priests to God and his Father, glory and power for ever and ever!
Rev 20:6 : Happy and holy is he who takes part in the first resurrection!
