Leviticus 11:47

to distinguish between the unclean and the clean; and between those that bring forth alive, such as should be eaten, and those that bring forth alive, such as should not be eaten.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 concerning beasts and birds and every living creature moving in the water, and every living creature creeping on the earth;

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Cross References

Leviticus 10:10to distinguish between sacred and profane, and between clean and unclean,

Malachi 3:18Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, and between him that serves God, and him that serves him not.

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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