Leviticus 11:44
For I am Adonai your God. Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am holy. + 11:44. Lev 11:44 (Lev 11:43-45, 11:44-45) (#3.210): T. Not to eat things that swarm upon the ground / R. Not to eat treif ·unclean· maggots R. Note: According to the Rabbis only certain “worms” are permitted for food. Worms that do not live in an isolated condition, but are found only in other substances. For instance, the maggots in meat, fruit, fish, drinking water, etc. (HuLev 67a, b) You shall not defile yourselves with any kind of creeping thing that moves on the earth. (Maftir ·Conclusion·)
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Exodus 19:6and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests, + 19:6. Quoted in 1 Pet 2:9; Rev 1:6, 5:10 and a holy nation.’ + 19:6. Quoted in 1 Pet 2:9 These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel [God prevails].” (5)
Exodus 22:30You shall do likewise with your cattle and with your sheep. Seven days it shall be with its mother, then on the eighth day you shall give it to me.
Leviticus 10:3Then Moses [Drawn out] said to Aaron [Light-bringer], “This is what Adonai spoke of, saying, 1 ‘I will show myself holy to those who come near me, 2 and before all the people I will be glorified.’” Aaron [Light-bringer] held his peace.
Leviticus 18:2“Speak to the children of Israel [God prevails], and say to them, ‘I am Adonai your God.
Leviticus 19:3+ 19:3. Lev 19:3 (#5.367): T. To revere your father and mother / R. To fear your father and mother “‘Each one of you shall respect his mother and his father. You shall keep my Shab'totay ·Intermissions·. I am Adonai your God.
Leviticus 19:10+ 19:10. Lev 19:10 (Lev 19:9-10) (#8.496): T. Not to gather the grapes left on the vine or on the ground after harvesting / R. Not to harvest the undeveloped or imperfect clusters of your vineyard You shall not glean your vineyard, + 19:10. Lev 19:10 (Lev 19:9-10) (#8.497): T. Not to gather the grapes left on the vine or on the ground after harvesting / R. Not to gather individual fallen grapes while reaping your field + 19:10. Lev 19:10 (Lev 19:9-10) (#8.498): T. To leave the grapes left on the vine or on the ground after harvesting / R. To leave the undeveloped or imperfect clusters of your vineyard neither shall you gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard. + 19:10. Lev 19:10 (Lev 19:9-10, 23:22) (#8.499): T. To leave the gleanings of the vineyard, that is the corners of your field / R. To leave a corner of the field uncut for the poor + 19:10. Lev 19:10 (Lev 19:9-10) (#8.500): To leave the fallen grapes of the vineyard for the poor and the proselyte You shall leave them for the poor and for the foreigner. I am Adonai your God.
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 →