כִּ֣י אֲנִ֣י יְהוָה֮ אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם֒ וְהִתְקַדִּשְׁתֶּם֙ וִהְיִיתֶ֣ם קְדֹשִׁ֔ים כִּ֥י קָד֖וֹשׁ אָ֑נִי וְלֹ֤א תְטַמְּאוּ֙ אֶת־נַפְשֹׁ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם בְּכָל־הַשֶּׁ֖רֶץ הָרֹמֵ֥שׂ עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃
Pues que yo soy el Señor vuestro Dios, vosotros por tanto os santificaréis, y seréis santos, porque yo soy santo: así que <span class="x" onmousemove="Show('perush','Este es el <b>177mo Precepto Negativo</b> enumerado por el Rambam en el Prefacio a Mishné Torá, su “Compendio de la Ley Hebrea” para todo el Pueblo de Israel.',event);" onmouseout="Close();">no ensuciéis vuestras personas con ningún reptil que anduviere arrastrando sobre la tierra</span>.
Zohar
Rabbi Yehuda said, Heaven forbid that Bilaam would have any knowledge of the upper holiness. This is because the Holy One, blessed be He, desires no other people or tongue to make use of His glory, but His holy children alone, that is, Yisrael, who are called 'children to Hashem'. He said, "you shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and you shall be holy" (Vayikra 11:44), which means that those who are holy shall use holy things. And only Yisrael are holy, as it is written, "For you are a holy people" (Devarim 14:2); you, and no other people, are holy.