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Leviticus 20:25

You are therefore to distinguish between clean and unclean animals and birds. Do not become contaminated by any animal or bird, or by anything that crawls on the ground; I have set these apart as unclean for you.

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ASV

Ye shall therefore make a distinction between the clean beast and the unclean, and between the unclean fowl and the clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by bird, or by anything wherewith the ground teemeth, which I have separated from you as unclean.

KJV

Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean.

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Original language & word study

23 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְהִבְדַּלְתֶּ֞םve.hiv.dal.Temand you will separateH914 →
בֵּֽין־bein-betweenH996 →
הַבְּהֵמָ֤הha.be.he.Mahthe animal[s]H929 →
הַטְּהֹרָה֙ha.te.ho.Rah<the> pureH2889 →
לַטְּמֵאָ֔הla.te.me.'Ahand <the> uncleanH2931 →
וּבֵין־u.vein-and betweenH996 →
הָע֥וֹףha.'ofthe bird[s]H5775 →
הַטָּמֵ֖אha.ta.Me'<the> uncleanH2931 →
לַטָּהֹ֑רla.ta.Horand <the> pureH2889 →
וְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-and notH3808 →
תְשַׁקְּצ֨וּte.sha.ke.Tzuyou will make detestableH8262 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
נַפְשֹֽׁתֵיכֶ֜םnaf.sho.tei.Khemselves yourH5315 →
בַּבְּהֵמָ֣הba.be.he.Mahby <the> animal[s]H929 →
וּבָע֗וֹףu.va.'ofand by <the> bird[s]H5775 →
וּבְכֹל֙u.ve.Kholand by allH3605 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherthatH834 →
תִּרְמֹ֣שׂtir.Mosit creepsH7430 →
הָֽאֲדָמָ֔הha.'a.da.Mahthe groundH127 →
אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-whichH834 →
הִבְדַּ֥לְתִּיhiv.Dal.tiI have separatedH914 →
לָכֶ֖םla.Khemfor <the> you
לְטַמֵּֽא׃le.ta.Me'to declare uncleanH2930 →

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Acts 10:14“No, Lord!” Peter answered. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.”Leviticus 11:43Do not defile yourselves by any crawling creature; do not become unclean or defiled by them.Leviticus 11:1–47The LORD spoke again to Moses and Aaron, telling them,Deuteronomy 14:3–21You must not eat any detestable thing.Genesis 3:14So the LORD God said to the serpent: “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and every beast of the field! On your belly will you go, and dust you will eat, all the days of your life.Deuteronomy 14:3You must not eat any detestable thing.Ephesians 5:7–11Therefore do not be partakers with them.Acts 10:11–15He saw heaven open and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners.Acts 10:28He said to them, “You know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with a foreigner or visit him. But God has shown me that I should not call any man impure or unclean.Exodus 22:31You are to be My holy people. You must not eat the meat of a mauled animal found in the field; you are to throw it to the dogs.Ezekiel 22:26Her 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 disregard My Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.

About Leviticus

Moses and Aaron Appear before Pharaoh — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Moses and Aaron Appear before Pharaoh — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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