Quotes About Identity

Put the turban on his head and attach the holy diadem to the turban.

Present his sons as well and clothe them with tunics.

And they will know that I am the LORD their God, who brought them out of the land of Egypt so that I might dwell among them. I am the LORD their God.

Anyone who mixes perfume like it or puts it on an outsider shall be cut off from his people.í”

So the Israelites stripped themselves of their jewelry from Mount Horeb onward.

Now if indeed I have found favor in Your sight, please let me know Your ways, that I may know You and find favor in Your sight. Remember that this nation is Your people.”

For how then can it be known that Your people and I have found favor in Your sight, unless You go with us? How else will we be distinguished from all the other people on the face of the earth?”

So the LORD said to Moses, “I will do this very thing you have asked, for you have found favor in My sight, and I know you by name.”

The twelve stones corresponded to the names of the sons of Israel. Each stone was engraved like a seal with the name of one of the twelve tribes.

Bring his sons forward and clothe them with tunics.

For I am the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt so that I would be your God; therefore be holy, because I am holy.

And on the eighth day the flesh of the boyís foreskin is to be circumcised.

Now if a man loses his hair and is bald, he is still clean.

Or if his hairline recedes and he is bald on his forehead, he is still clean.

You must not follow the practices of the land of Egypt, where you used to live, and you must not follow the practices of the land of Canaan, into which I am bringing you. You must not walk in their customs.

You must not lie with a man as with a woman; that is an abomination.

But you are to keep My statutes and ordinances, and you must not commit any of these abominations—neither your native-born nor the foreigner who lives among you.

You are to keep My statutes. You shall not crossbreed two different kinds of livestock; you shall not sow your fields with two kinds of seed; and you shall not wear clothing made of two kinds of material.

You must not cut off the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard.

You must not make any cuts in your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD.

You must not follow the statutes of the nations I am driving out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them.

You are to be holy to Me because I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be My own.

Priests must not make bald spots on their heads, shave off the edges of their beards, or make cuts in their bodies.

so that he does not defile his offspring among his people, for I am the LORD who sanctifies him.”