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Leviticus 11:45-47 KJV
Leviticus · chapter 11 · verses 45–47
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.Leviticus 11:45-47 · King James Version
Leviticus 11:45-47 in context
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.
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Key words (Strong's)
- differencebâdalto divideH914 →
- bringethʻâlâhto ascend, intransitively or activelyH5927 →
- creaturenepheshproperly, a breathing creatureH5315 →
- creepethshâratsto wriggleH8317 →
- uncleanṭâmêʼfoul in a religious senseH2931 →
- beastsbᵉhêmâhproperly, a dumb beastH929 →
- livingchayaliveH2416 →
- movethrâmasproperly, to glide swiftlyH7430 →
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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