Leviticus 11:46

This is the law of the beast, and of the bird, and of every living creature that moves in the waters, and of every creature that creeps upon the earth,

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In The King James Version

This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth:

In Context

45For I am LORD who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God. Ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.

47to make a distinction between the unclean and the clean, and between the living thing that may be eaten and the living thing that may not be eaten.

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Cross References

Leviticus 14:54This is the law for all manner of a leprous disease, and for a scall,

Ezekiel 43:12This is the law of the house. Upon the top of the mountain the whole limit of it round about shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house.

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 11:44-47

43 Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby. 44 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. 45 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. 46 This is the… Read the whole commentary →

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