Keep my decrees and follow them. I am the Lord, who makes you holy. The keeping of the decrees and the identity of the God who makes holy — I am the Lord, who makes you holy — grounds the entire penalty framework in the divine purpose. God does not only command holiness; God makes holy. The penalties that the chapter describes are the consequences of rejecting the holiness that God offers. The God who makes holy is the God who also judges the rejection of holiness.

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