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Leviticus 11:44-45 KJV
Leviticus · chapter 11 · verses 44–45
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.Leviticus 11:44-45 · King James Version
Leviticus 11:44-45 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:
47To 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.
Commentary
Cross references
- Exodus 20:2
- 1 Peter 1:15-16
- Leviticus 19:2
- Leviticus 20:7
- 1 Peter 2:9
- Leviticus 20:26
- 1 Thessalonians 4:7
- Leviticus 11:44
Key words (Strong's)
- yourselvesqâdashto be cleanH6942 →
- yourselvesnepheshproperly, a breathing creatureH5315 →
- creepethrâmasproperly, to glide swiftlyH7430 →
- bringethʻâlâhto ascend, intransitively or activelyH5927 →
- defileṭâmêʼto be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral senseH2930 →
- EgyptMitsrayimMitsrajimH4714 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- holyqâdôwshsacredH6918 →
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Here is, I. The exposition of this law, or a key to let us into the meaning of it. It was not intended merely for a bill of fare, or as the directions of a physician about their diet, but God would hereby teach them to sanctify themselves and to be holy, Lev 11:44. That is, 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 43-47