Leviticus 11:44

For I am the Lord your God; consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any creature that crawls along the ground.

Note Here and in verse 45; cited in 1 Peter 1:16

BSB · Berean Standard Bible
For I am the Lord your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
KJV · King James Version
For I am the Lord your God. Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am holy. You shall not defile yourselves with any kind of creeping thing that moves on the earth.
WEB · World English Bible
For I am Jehovah your God: sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that moveth upon the earth.
ASV · American Standard Version

Related passages

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.

I am the
Exodus 20:2
ye shall
Leviticus 10:3; Leviticus 19:2; Leviticus 20:7, 26; Exodus 19:6; Deuteronomy 14:2; 1 Samuel 6:20; Psalm 99:5, 9; Isaiah 6:3–5; Amos 3:3; Matthew 5:48; 1 Thessalonians 4:7; 1 Peter 1:15, 16; 1 Peter 2:9; Revelation 22:11