Leviticus 11:47
in Leviticus 11You must distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between animals that may be eaten and those that may not.’”
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
to make a distinction between the unclean and the clean, and between the living thing that may be eaten and the living thing that may not be eaten.
KJV
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.
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This verse in Leviticus 11
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis law was to them a statute for ever, that is, as long as that economy lasted; but under the gospel we find it expressly repealed by a voice from heaven to Peter ( Acts x. 15 ), as it had before been virtually set aside by the death of Christ, with the other ordinances that perished in the using: Touch not, taste not, handle not, Col. ii.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
To make a difference between the unclean and the clean,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
make a difference between the unclean and the clean--that is, between animals used and not used for food. It is probable that the laws contained in this chapter were not entirely new, but only gave the sanction of divine enactment to ancient usages.
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The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לְהַבְדִּ֕יל | lehavdil | to separate | H914 → | 42 times |
| בֵּ֥ין | bein | between | H996 → | 407 times |
| הַטָּמֵ֖א | hatame' | the unclean [thing] | H2931 → | 88 times |
| וּבֵ֣ין | uvein | and between | H996 → | 407 times |
| הַטָּהֹ֑ר | hatahor | the pure [thing] | H2889 → | 94 times |
| וּבֵ֤ין | uvein | and between | H996 → | 407 times |
| הַֽחַיָּה֙ | hachaiyah | the living creature | H2416 → | 498 times |
| הַֽנֶּאֱכֶ֔לֶת | haneekhelet | which is eaten | H398 → | 810 times |
| וּבֵין֙ | uvein | and between | H996 → | 407 times |
| הַֽחַיָּ֔ה | hachaiyah | the living creature | H2416 → | 498 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֖ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| לֹ֥א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| תֵאָכֵֽל׃ פ | teakhel | it will be eaten | H398 → | 810 times |
לְהַבְדִּ֕ילto separate
lehavdilH914 →42 times
בֵּ֥יןbetween
beinH996 →407 times
הַטָּמֵ֖אthe unclean [thing]
hatame'H2931 →88 times
וּבֵ֣יןand between
uveinH996 →407 times
הַטָּהֹ֑רthe pure [thing]
hatahorH2889 →94 times
וּבֵ֤יןand between
uveinH996 →407 times
הַֽחַיָּה֙the living creature
hachaiyahH2416 →498 times
הַֽנֶּאֱכֶ֔לֶתwhich is eaten
haneekheletH398 →810 times
וּבֵין֙and between
uveinH996 →407 times
הַֽחַיָּ֔הthe living creature
hachaiyahH2416 →498 times
אֲשֶׁ֖רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
לֹ֥אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
תֵאָכֵֽל׃ פit will be eaten
teakhelH398 →810 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Leviticus 10:10You must distinguish between the holy and the common, between the clean and the unclean,
it leads to
- Ezekiel 22:26
Her priests do violence to My law and profane My holy things. They make no distinction between the holy and the common, and they fail to distinguish between the clean and the unclean. They…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Peter 1:14–16
As obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former ignorance.
- Ezekiel 22:26
Through
Malachi 3:18So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.”
it leads to
- Matthew 25:46
And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
- Psalms 58:10–11
The righteous will rejoice when they see they are avenged; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.
- Genesis 18:25
Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the…
- Joshua 24:15
But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods…
- Malachi 3:14–15
You have said, ‘It is futile to serve God. What have we gained by keeping His requirements and walking mournfully before the LORD of Hosts?
- Matthew 25:46
Through
Ezekiel 44:23They are to teach My people the difference between the holy and the common, and show them how to discern between the clean and the unclean.
it leads to
- Leviticus 10:10–11
You must distinguish between the holy and the common, between the clean and the unclean,
- Leviticus 10:10–11
Where this verse is studied
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About Leviticus
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.