Leviticus 11:46

What does Leviticus 11:46 mean?

A plain-English look at Leviticus 11:46 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

This is the law of the beast, and of the bird, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

This is the law of the beast, and of the bird, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth;

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

This is the law about beasts and birds and every living thing moving in the waters, and every living thing which goes flat on the earth:

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

`This <FI>is<Fi> a law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature which is moving in the waters, and of every creature which is teeming on the earth,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

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:

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

This is the law of cattle, and of fowl, and of every living soul that moveth in the waters, and of every soul that crawleth on the earth;

Context

v.45For I am Jehovah that brought you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.

v.46This passage

v.47to 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.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Leviticus 7:37

    This is the law of the burnt-offering, of the meal-offering, and of the sin-offering, and of the trespass-offering, and of the consecration, and of the sacrifice of peace-offerings;

  • Leviticus 14:54

    This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and for a scall,

  • Leviticus 15:32

    This is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him whose seed of copulation goeth from him, so that he is unclean thereby;

  • Ezekiel 43:12

    This is the law of the house: upon the top of the mountain the whole limit thereof round about shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house.

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