Leviticus 11:47

to 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.’”

World English 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

46“‘This is the law 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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Cross References

Leviticus 10:10You are to make a distinction between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean.

Malachi 3:18Then you shall return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him who serves God and him who doesn’t serve him.

Romans 14:13Therefore let’s not judge one another any more, but judge this rather, that no man put a stumbling block in his brother’s way, or an occasion for falling.

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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