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Clean and Unclean Animals

Leviticus 11:47

In 11 translations

BSB
You must distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between animals that may be eaten and those that may not.’”
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.
WEB
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.’”
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.
LSV
to make separation between the unclean and the pure, and between the beast that is eaten, and the beast that is not eaten.”
YLT
to make separation between the unclean and the pure, and between the beast that is eaten, and the beast that is not eaten.'
DBY
to make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the beast that is to be eaten and the beast that is not to be eaten.
DRC
That you may know the differences of the clean, and unclean, and know what you ought to eat, and what to refuse.
GNV
That there may be a difference betweene the vncleane and cleane, and betweene the beast that may be eaten, and the beast that ought not to be eaten.
JPS
to make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the living thing that may be eaten and the living thing that may not be eaten.
LXXE
to distinguish between the unclean and the clean; and between those that bring forth alive, such as should be eaten, and those that bring forth alive, such as should not be eaten.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
לְהַבְדִּ֕יל בֵּ֥ין הַטָּמֵ֖א וּבֵ֣ין הַטָּהֹ֑ר וּבֵ֤ין הַֽחַיָּה֙ הַֽנֶּאֱכֶ֔לֶת וּבֵין֙ הַֽחַיָּ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֖ר לֹ֥א תֵאָכֵֽל׃
LXX-Br
διαστεῖλαι ἀναμέσον τῶν ἀκαθάρτων καὶ ἀναμέσον τῶν καθαρῶν, καὶ ἀναμέσον τῶν ζωογονούντων τὰ ἐσθιόμενα καὶ ἀναμέσον τῶν ζωογονούντων τὰ μὴ ἐσθιόμενα.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Leviticus 10:10You must distinguish between the holy and the common, between the clean and the unclean,
  • 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.
  • Romans 14:13–23Therefore let us stop judging one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother’s way. I am convinced and fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in…
  • Romans 14:2–3For one person has faith to eat all things, while another, who is weak, eats only vegetables. The one who eats everything must not belittle the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge…
  • Malachi 3:18So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.”

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