singled out, dedicated to the service of God and demarcated by rules that apply only to them. Israelites may aspire to holiness, but it’s not assumed. However, in the Holiness Code, we have texts that come closer to the idea that Israel itself is holy by virtue of the fact that God has set Israel apart from the nations to himself, to belong to him, just as he set apart the seventh day to himself to belong with him. Identification of Holiness texts Initially, the Holiness Code was considered part of the Priestly source by some scholars holding to the documentary hypothesis. However, other scholars generally believed it to have been an originally separate legal code (referred to as "H") which the Priestly source edited and chose to embed into their writing after. Some such editing is simply the addition of phrases such as And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, designed to put the code into the context of the remainder of a code being given by God, as is the case for the remainder of Leviticus. By 1955, scholars agreed that the Holiness Code consisted of at least Leviticus 17–26, but some twenty passages outside of it were also identified as H, including Leviticus 11 (verses 1f. and 25–40 being contested), Numbers 15:34–41 and Exodus 31:13f.. H texts in Leviticus Leviticus 11 (verses 1f. and 25–40 contested) It is also alleged by critical scholarship that several additional laws, written with a style unlike that of the Holiness Code but like that of the remainder of Leviticus, were inserted into the body of the text by the Priestly source. These alleged additions are: The prohibition against consuming the naturally dead (Leviticus 17:15–16) The order to make trespass offerings after sexual involvement with an engaged slavewoman (Leviticus 19:20–22) The prohibition against an anointed high priest uncovering his head or rending his clothes (Leviticus 21:10) The prohibition against offerings by Aaronic priests who are blemished (Leviticus 21:21–22) The order to keep the sabbath, passover, and feast of unleavened bread (Leviticus 23:1–10a) The order to keep Yom Kippur, and Sukkot (Leviticus 23:23–44) The order for continual bread and oil (Leviticus 24:1–9) Case law concerning a blasphemer (Leviticus 24:10–15a and 24:23) The order for a trumpet sounding on Yom Kippur (Leviticus 25:9b) Rules concerning redeeming property (Leviticus 25:23 and 25:26–34) Order to release