Leviticus 11:43
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Do not defile yourselves by any crawling creature; do not become unclean or defiled by them.”
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“Do not defile yourselves by any crawling creature; do not become unclean or defiled by them.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Ye 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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Ye 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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“ye do not make yourselves abominable with any teeming thing which is teeming, nor do ye make yourselves unclean with them, so that ye have been unclean thereby.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Leviticus 11:43 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 11:41Every creature that moves along the ground is detestable; it must not be eaten.
- Leviticus 20:25You 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.
- Leviticus 22:5or whoever touches a crawling creature or a person that makes him unclean, whatever the uncleanness may be—
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