Another meaning of holy is to be “set apart,” just as God set the nation of Israel apart from her contemporaries to be a “kingdom of priests and a holy nation” (Exodus 19:6).
Ang isa pang kahulugan ng salitang banal ay "ibinukod." Ibinukod ng Diyos ang bansang Israel mula sa ibang mga bansa upang maging "kaharian ng mga saserdote at bansang banal" (Exodo 19:6).