Leviticus 20:25
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Therefore do you also separate the clean beast from the unclean, and the clean fowl from the unclean. Defile not your souls with beasts, or birds, or any things that move on the earth, and which I have shewn you to be unclean:

Genesis 1:21
And God created the great whales, and every living and moving creature, which the waters brought forth, according to their kinds, and every winged fowl according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

Leviticus 10:10
And that you may have knowledge to discern between holy and unholy, between unclean and clean:

Leviticus 11:1
And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:

Leviticus 11:43
Do not defile your souls, nor touch aught thereof, lest you be unclean,

Deuteronomy 14:3
Eat not the things that are unclean.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Therefore do you also separate the clean beast from the unclean, and the clean fowl from the unclean. Defile not your souls with beasts, or birds, or any things that move on the earth, and which I have shewn you to be unclean:

put difference

Leviticus 11:1-47 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying: . . .

Deuteronomy 14:3-21 Eat not the things that are unclean. . . .

Acts 10:11-15,28 And he saw the heaven opened and a certain vessel descending, as it were a great linen sheet let down by the four corners from heaven to the earth: . . .

Ephesians 5:7-11 Be ye not therefore partakers with them. . . .

abominable

Leviticus 11:43 Do not defile your souls, nor touch aught thereof, lest you be unclean,

creepeth.

Context
Keep All My Decrees
24But to you I say: Possess their land which I will give you for an inheritance, a land flowing with milk and honey. I am the Lord your God, who have separated you from other people. 25Therefore do you also separate the clean beast from the unclean, and the clean fowl from the unclean. Defile not your souls with beasts, or birds, or any things that move on the earth, and which I have shewn you to be unclean:26You shall be holy unto me, because I the Lord am holy: and I have separated you from other people, that you should be mine.…
Lexicon
You are therefore to distinguish
וְהִבְדַּלְתֶּ֞ם (wə·hiḇ·dal·tem)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 914: To be divided, separate

between
בֵּֽין־ (bên-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 996: An interval, space between

clean
הַטְּהֹרָה֙ (haṭ·ṭə·hō·rāh)
Article | Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2889: Clean, pure

and unclean
לַטְּמֵאָ֔ה (laṭ·ṭə·mê·’āh)
Preposition-l, Article | Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2931: Unclean

animals
הַבְּהֵמָ֤ה (hab·bə·hê·māh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 929: A dumb beast, any large quadruped, animal

and
וּבֵין־ (ū·ḇên-)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 996: An interval, space between

birds.
הָע֥וֹף (hā·‘ō·wp̄)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5775: Flying creatures

Do not
וְלֹֽא־ (wə·lō-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

become contaminated
תְשַׁקְּצ֨וּ (ṯə·šaq·qə·ṣū)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8262: To be filthy, to loathe, pollute

by any animal
בַּבְּהֵמָ֣ה (bab·bə·hê·māh)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 929: A dumb beast, any large quadruped, animal

or bird,
וּבָע֗וֹף (ū·ḇā·‘ō·wp̄)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5775: Flying creatures

or by anything
וּבְכֹל֙ (ū·ḇə·ḵōl)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

that
אֲשֶׁ֣ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

crawls
תִּרְמֹ֣שׂ (tir·mōś)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7430: To glide swiftly, to crawl, move with short steps, to swarm

on the ground;
הָֽאֲדָמָ֔ה (hā·’ă·ḏā·māh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 127: Ground, land

I have set these
אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

apart
הִבְדַּ֥לְתִּי (hiḇ·dal·tî)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 914: To be divided, separate

as unclean
לְטַמֵּֽא׃ (lə·ṭam·mê)
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 2930: To be or become unclean

for you.
לָכֶ֖ם (lā·ḵem)
Preposition | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 0: 0


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

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.

And ye shall make a distinction between the clean and the unclean cattle, and between clean and unclean birds; and ye shall not defile your souls with cattle, or with birds, or with any creeping things of the earth, which I have separated for you by reason of uncleanness.

And ye shall make a separation between the clean beast and the unclean, and between the unclean fowl and the clean, and ye shall not make yourselves an abomination by beast, or by fowl, or by anything that creepeth on the ground which I have separated for you, declaring [it] as unclean.

Ye shall therefore separate 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 fowl, or by any thing wherewith the ground teemeth, which I have separated from you as unclean.

Ye shall therefore distinguish 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 animal that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean.

"'You shall therefore make a distinction between the clean animal and the unclean, and between the unclean fowl and the clean: and you shall not make yourselves abominable by animal, or by bird, or by anything with which the ground teems, which I have separated from you as unclean for you.

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 on the ground which I have separated to you for unclean;
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