Leviticus 11:47

You must distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between animals that may be eaten and those that may not.’”

Majority Standard Bible

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 regarding animals, birds, all living creatures that move in the water, and all creatures that crawl along the ground.

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Cross References

Leviticus 10:10You must distinguish between the holy and the common, between the clean and the unclean,

Malachi 3:18So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.”

Romans 14:13Therefore let us stop judging one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother’s way.

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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