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Leviticus 11:46 KJV
Leviticus · chapter 11 · verse 46
This 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:Leviticus 11:46 · King James Version
Leviticus 11:46 in context
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
Key words (Strong's)
- creaturenepheshproperly, a breathing creatureH5315 →
- creepethshâratsto wriggleH8317 →
- beastsbᵉhêmâhproperly, a dumb beastH929 →
- livingchayaliveH2416 →
- movethrâmasproperly, to glide swiftlyH7430 →
- watersmayimwaterH4325 →
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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