Leviticus 11:47

To make a divide + 11:47 lehavdil; to make a distinction, separation between the tamei and the tahor, and between the beast that may be and the beast that may not be eaten.

Orthodox Jewish 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 torah concerning the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the mayim, and of every creature that creepeth upon ha'aretz;

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Cross References

Leviticus 10:10And that ye may put difference between kodesh and chol (common, profane), and between tameh (unclean) and tahor (clean);

Malachi 3:18Then shall ye return, 1 and discern between the tzaddik and the rasha, 1 between oved Elohim (him that serveth G-d) 1 and him that serveth Him not. 1

Romans 14:13Let us therefore no longer pass judgment on one another, but decide this rather: not to put an occasion for michshol (stumbling, offense, downfall) + 14:13 Ro 9:32-33 in the way of the Ach b'Moshiach.

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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