Leviticus 11:47
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

That you may know the differences of the clean, and unclean, and know what you ought to eat, and what to refuse.

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

Ezekiel 44:23 And they shall teach my people the difference between holy and profane, and shew them how to discern between clean and unclean.

Malachi 3:18 And you shall return, and shall see the difference between the just and the wicked: and between him that serveth God, and him that serveth him not.

Romans 14:2,3,13-23 For one believeth that he may eat all things: but he that is weak, let him eat herbs. . . .

Context
Clean and Unclean Animals
46You shall be holy, because I am holy. This is the law of beasts and fowls, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and creepeth on the earth: 47That you may know the differences of the clean, and unclean, and know what you ought to eat, and what to refuse.
Cross References
Leviticus 10:10
And that you may have knowledge to discern between holy and unholy, between unclean and clean:

Leviticus 11:46
You shall be holy, because I am holy. This is the law of beasts and fowls, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and creepeth on the earth:

Leviticus 12:1
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

Ezekiel 22:26
Her priests have despised my law, and have defiled my sanctuaries: they have put no difference between holy and profane: nor have distinguished between the polluted and the clean: and they have turned away their eyes from my sabbaths, and I was profaned in the midst of them.

Ezekiel 44:23
And they shall teach my people the difference between holy and profane, and shew them how to discern between clean and unclean.

Daniel 1:8
But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not be defiled with the king's table, nor with the wine which he drank: and he requested the master of the eunuchs that he might not be defiled.

Lexicon
You must distinguish
לְהַבְדִּ֕יל (lə·haḇ·dîl)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 914: To be divided, separate

between
בֵּ֥ין (bên)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 996: An interval, space between

the unclean
הַטָּמֵ֖א (haṭ·ṭā·mê)
Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2931: Unclean

and the clean,
הַטָּהֹ֑ר (haṭ·ṭā·hōr)
Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2889: Clean, pure

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

animals
הַֽחַיָּה֙ (ha·ḥay·yāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life

that may be eaten
הַֽנֶּאֱכֶ֔לֶת (han·ne·’ĕ·ḵe·leṯ)
Article | Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 398: To eat

and those
הַֽחַיָּ֔ה (ha·ḥay·yāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life

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

may not.”
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no


Additional Translations
You must distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between animals that may be eaten and those that may not.’”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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.'"

to make separation between the unclean and the pure, and between the beast that is eaten, and the beast that is not eaten.'
Jump to Previous
Beast Clean Creature Creatures Difference Distinction Distinguish Eaten Edible Food Marking Pure Separation Unclean Used
Jump to Next
Beast Clean Creature Creatures Difference Distinction Distinguish Eaten Edible Food Marking Pure Separation Unclean Used
Links
Leviticus 11:47 NIV
Leviticus 11:47 NLT
Leviticus 11:47 ESV
Leviticus 11:47 NASB
Leviticus 11:47 KJV

Leviticus 11:47 Bible Apps
Leviticus 11:47 Biblia Paralela
Leviticus 11:47 Chinese Bible
Leviticus 11:47 French Bible
Leviticus 11:47 German Bible

Alphabetical: a and be between clean creature creatures distinction distinguish eaten eaten' edible is living make may must not that the those to unclean which You

OT Law: Leviticus 11:47 To make a distinction between the unclean (Le Lv Lev.) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools

Leviticus 11:46
Top of Page
Top of Page