Leviticus 11:47

That ye may make a difference—between the unclean and the clean,—and between the living thing that may be eaten, and the living thing which may not be eaten.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 beast and of bird, and of every living soul that moveth in the waters,—and as to every soul that creepeth upon the earth:

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Cross References

Leviticus 10:10That ye may make a difference, between the sacred and the common,—and between the unclean and the clean;

Malachi 3:18So shall ye return, and see the difference, between the righteous and the lawless,—between him that serveth God, and him that serveth him not.

Romans 14:13No longer, then, upon one another, let us be sitting in judgment, but, this, judge ye rather—not to be putting a cause of stumbling before your brother or an occasion to fall.

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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