people of God. Yet it is based not only on a special relationship with God but also on the way in which that relationship impacts the Israelites’ relations with other people and nations and among themselves. Leviticus 19, for example, outlines their expected conduct toward their families, their neighbors, and strangers.31 “The call for Israel to be holy is the call for the community to concretise the divine life in the world,” so holiness includes the way it is manifested in and through the life of the people in their relationships.
