becauseδιότιit is written,γέγραπταιYou shall beἔσεσθεholy,ἍγιοιbecauseὅτιIἐγὼamholy.ἅγιος
Quotation · Leviticus 11:44-45
Go to Leviticus 11:44-45Peter quotes the sentence that Leviticus repeats (11:44-45; 19:2; 20:7).
Formula: διότι γέγραπται ὅτι “for it is written” (1 Peter 1:16)
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Greek of the New Testament: διότι γέγραπται ὅτι Ἅγιοι ἔσεσθε ὅτι ἐγὼ ἅγιος
Hebrew (Masoretic text): כִּי אֲנִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם וְהִתְקַדִּשְׁתֶּם וִהְיִיתֶם קְדֹשִׁים כִּי קָדוֹשׁ אָנִי וְלֹא תְטַמְּאוּ אֶת נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶם בְּכָל הַשֶּׁרֶץ הָרֹמֵשׂ עַל הָאָרֶץ כִּי אֲנִי יְהוָה הַמַּעֲלֶה אֶתְכֶם מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם לִהְיֹת לָכֶם לֵאלֹהִים וִהְיִיתֶם קְדֹשִׁים כִּי קָדוֹשׁ אָנִי
Septuagint (Leviticus 11:44 in the Septuagint numbering): ὅτι ἐγώ εἰμι κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὑμῶν· καὶ ἁγιασθήσεσθε καὶ ἅγιοι ἔσεσθε, ὅτι ἅγιός εἰμι ἐγὼ κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὑμῶν· καὶ οὐ μιανεῖτε τὰς ψυχὰς ὑμῶν ἐν πᾶσιν τοῖς ἑρπετοῖς τοῖς κινουμένοις ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς·
In the Septuagint verse that most resembles it, at most 3 consecutive words match the Greek of the NT. The transcription has reading errors, so a match may not show.
Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0