Leviticus 11:46

“‘This is the Torah ·Teaching· of the animal, and of the bird, and of every living creature that moves in the waters, and of every creature that creeps on the earth,

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This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth:

In Context

45For I am Adonai who brought you up out of the land of Egypt [Abode of slavery], to be your God. You shall therefore be holy, for I am holy. + 11:45. (44-45) Quoted in 1 Pet 1:16

47to make a distinction between the unclean and the clean, and between the living thing that may be eaten and the living thing that may not be eaten.’” 1 Haftarah Sh'mini ·Taking leave· ·Eighth·: 1 Sh'mu'el Bet / 2 Samuel 6:1-7:17 (A); 6:1-19 (S) 1 B'rit Hadashah ·New Covenant·: Mark 9:2-13

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Cross References

Leviticus 14:54This is the Torah ·Teaching· for any plague of tzara'at, and for an itch,

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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