Is only God holy?
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This Bible contradiction is from the Skeptic's Annotated Bible.

Verses

Only God is holy.

Revelation 15:4 View context

Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for [thou] only [art] holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.

Others are holy too.

Exodus 22:31 View context

And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat [any] flesh [that is] torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs.


Leviticus 11:44-45 View context

For I [am] the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I [am] holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

For I [am] the LORD that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I [am] holy.


Leviticus 19:2 View context

Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God [am] holy.


Leviticus 20:7 View context

Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I [am] the LORD your God.


Deuteronomy 7:6 View context

For thou [art] an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that [are] upon the face of the earth.


Isaiah 4:3 View context

And it shall come to pass, [that he that is] left in Zion, and [he that] remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, [even] every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem:


Psalm 16:10 View context

For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.


Psalm 86:2 View context

Preserve my soul; for I [am] holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee.


Luke 2:23 View context

(As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;)


1 Corinthians 7:14 View context

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.


Revelation 22:11 View context

He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.

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