Leviticus 11:46

This is the law about beasts and birds and every living thing moving in the waters, and every living thing which goes flat on the earth:

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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 the Lord, who took you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God; so be you holy, for I am holy.

47Marking out the unclean from the clean, and the living thing which may be used for food from that which may not.

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Cross References

Leviticus 14:54This is the law for all signs of the leper's disease and for skin diseases;

Ezekiel 43:12This is the law of the house: On the top of the mountain all the space round it on every side will be most holy. See, 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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