Leviticus 11:47

for making a distinction between the unclean and the clean, between the animal that may be eaten, and the animal that may not be eaten.

Targum Onkelos

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 of the cattle, and of the fowl, and of every living animal that moveth in the waters, and of every living thing that moveth on the ground,

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Cross References

Leviticus 10:10For the distinguishment between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean;

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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