Leviticus 11:47

to make separation between the unclean and the pure, and between the beast that is eaten, and the beast that is not eaten.”

Literal Standard Version

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] a law of the beasts, and of the bird, and of every living creature which is moving in the waters, and of every creature which is teeming on the earth,

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Cross References

Leviticus 10:10so as to make a separation between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the pure;

Malachi 3:18And you have turned back and considered, || Between the righteous and the wicked, || Between the servant of God and him who is not His servant.”

Romans 14:13therefore, may we judge one another no longer, but rather judge this, not to put a stumbling-stone before the brother, or an offense.

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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