Leviticus 11:47

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

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

To make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be eaten.

In Context

46This 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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Cross References

Leviticus 10:10And make a division between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean;

Malachi 3:18Then you will again see how the upright man is different from the sinner, and the servant of God from him who is not.

Romans 14:13Then let us not be judges of one another any longer: but keep this in mind, that no man is to make it hard for his brother, or give him cause for doubting.

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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