Leviticus 11:46

You shall be holy, because I am holy. This is the law of beasts and fowls, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and creepeth on the earth:

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 the Lord, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that I might be your God.

47That you may know the differences of the clean, and unclean, and know what you ought to eat, and what to refuse.

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Cross References

Leviticus 14:54This is the law of every kind of leprosy and stroke.

Ezekiel 43:12This is the law of the house upon the top of the mountain: All its border round about is most holy: this then 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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