Leviticus 11:47

for which a distinction is to be made between the unclean and the clean, and between the living things that may be eaten and the living things that may not be eaten.'”

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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 the animals, the birds, every living creature that moves in the waters, and of every creature that creeps on the ground,

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Cross References

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

Malachi 3:18Then once again you will distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between one who worships God and one who does not worship him.

Romans 14:13Therefore, let us no longer judge one another, but instead decide this, that no one will place a stumbling block or a snare for his brother.

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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