Berean Standard Bible
Leviticus 11:39-45
39IfH3588 anH4480 animalH929 thatH834H1931 you may eatH402 diesH4191, anyone who touchesH5060 the carcassH5038 will be uncleanH2930 untilH5704 eveningH6153. 40Whoever eatsH398 from the carcassH5038 must washH3526 his clothesH899 and will be uncleanH2930 untilH5704 eveningH6153, and anyone who picks upH5375 the carcassH5038 must washH3526 his clothesH899 and will be uncleanH2930 untilH5704 eveningH6153.
41EveryH3605 creatureH8318 that movesH8317 alongH5921 the groundH776 is detestableH8263; itH1931 must notH3808 be eatenH398. 42Do notH3808 eatH398 any creatureH8318 that movesH8317 alongH5921 the groundH776, whetherH3605 it crawlsH1980 onH5921 its bellyH1512 orH3605 walksH1980 onH5921 fourH702 orH5704H3605 moreH7235 feetH7272H3605; forH3588 suchH1992 creatures are detestableH8263.
43Do notH408 defileH8262 yourselvesH5315 by anyH3605 crawling creatureH8318H8317; do notH3808 become uncleanH2930 or defiledH2930 by them. 44ForH3588 IH589 am the LORDH3068 your GodH430; consecrate yourselves, thereforeH6942, and beH1961 holyH6918, becauseH3588 IH589 am holyH6918.1 You must notH3808 defileH2930 yourselvesH5315 by anyH3605 creatureH8318 that crawlsH7430 alongH5921 the groundH776. 45ForH3588 IH589 am the LORDH3068, who brought you upH5927 out of the landH776 of EgyptH4714 so that I would beH1961 your GodH430; therefore beH1961 holyH6918, becauseH3588 IH589 am holyH6918.
Notes
- 1. Leviticus 11:44 Here and in verse 45; cited in 1 Peter 1:16 ↩
Commentaries on Leviticus 11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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