Passage
Speak unto all the assembly of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Holy shall ye be, for I Jehovah your God am holy.
Leviticus 19:2 (DBY)
Nearby Context
Leviticus 19:1 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
Leviticus 19:2 Speak unto all the assembly of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Holy shall ye be, for I Jehovah your God am holy.
Leviticus 19:3 Ye shall reverence every man his mother, and his father, and my sabbaths shall ye keep: I am Jehovah your God.
Leviticus 19:4 Ye shall not turn unto idols, and ye shall not make to yourselves molten gods: I am Jehovah your God.
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "speak", "assembly", "children", "israel", "holy", "shall", and "jehovah". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "speak" and "assembly", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 1's "And Jehovah spoke to Moses saying..." into verse 3's "Ye shall reverence every man his mother...", so "speak" and "assembly" belong inside that flow. In Leviticus context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.
A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "speak" and "assembly" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.