Leviticus 20:25
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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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“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.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`And ye have made separation between the pure beasts and the unclean, and between the unclean fowl and the pure, and ye do not make yourselves abominable by beast or by fowl, or by anything which creepeth <FI>on<Fi> the ground which I have separated to you for unclean;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Leviticus 20:25 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 10:10You must distinguish between the holy and the common, between the clean and the unclean,
- Leviticus 11:1The LORD spoke again to Moses and Aaron, telling them,
- Deuteronomy 14:3You must not eat any detestable thing.
- Acts 10:11He 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.
- Ephesians 5:7Therefore do not be partakers with them.
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