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Leviticus 11:44 KJV
Leviticus · chapter 11 · verse 44 · King James Version
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.Leviticus 11:44 · King James Version
Leviticus 11:44 in context
42Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all four, or whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are an abomination.
43Ye 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.
44For 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.
45For 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.
46This 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:
Cross references
Key words (Strong's)
- yourselvesqâdashto be cleanH6942 →
- yourselvesnepheshproperly, a breathing creatureH5315 →
- creepethrâmasproperly, to glide swiftlyH7430 →
- defileṭâmêʼto be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral senseH2930 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- holyqâdôwshsacredH6918 →
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