Leviticus 11:47

You must recognize the difference between unclean and clean, between those animals that can be eaten and those that can't.”

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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

46These are the regulations about animals, birds, everything that lives in the water, and all animals that crawl along the ground.

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Cross References

Leviticus 10:10You must realize the difference between the holy and the ordinary, between clean and unclean,

Malachi 3:18Then you will once again be able to distinguish those who do right from those who do wrong, between those who serve him and those who don't.

Romans 14:13Therefore let's not judge each other anymore, but decide to do this instead—we won't put obstacles in the way of fellow-believers, or cause them to fall.

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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