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Selected Verse: Leviticus 11:44 - Strong Concordance

Verse         Translation Text
Le 11:44 Strong Concordance For I am the LORD [03068] your God [0430]: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves [06942], and ye shall be holy [06918]; for I am holy [06918]: neither shall ye defile [02930] yourselves [05315] with any manner of creeping thing [08318] that creepeth [07430] upon the earth [0776].
  King James For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
These verses set forth the spiritual ground on which the distinction between clean and unclean is based. Compare the marginal references and Lev 10:10; Lev 20:25-26; Pe1 1:15-16.

The basis of the obligation to maintain the distinction was the call of the Hebrews to be the special people of Yahweh. It was to he something in their daily life to remind them of the covenant which distinguished them from the nations of the world. By Jesus Christ it was revealed Mat 15:11 to the elect people that they were no longer to he tied by the letter of the Law in regard to their food, but were to be left to the exercise of a regenerated judgment. They were to learn that the kingdom of God is not eating, or abstaining from, meats and drinks; but righteousness, and truth, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit (Rom 14:17. Compare Act 10:15; Ti1 4:4).
 
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4 For [3754] every [3956] creature [2938] of God [2316] is good [2570], and [2532] nothing [3762] to be refused [579], if it be received [2983] with [3326] thanksgiving [2169]:
15 And [2532] the voice [5456] spake unto [4314] him [846] again [3825] [1537] the second time [1208], What [3739] God [2316] hath cleansed [2511], that call [2840] not [3361] thou [4771] common [2840].
17 For [1063] the kingdom [932] of God [2316] is [2076] not [3756] meat [1035] and [2532] drink [4213]; but [235] righteousness [1343], and [2532] peace [1515], and [2532] joy [5479] in [1722] the Holy [40] Ghost [4151].
11 Not [3756] that which goeth [1525] into [1519] the mouth [4750] defileth [2840] a man [444]; but [235] that which cometh [1607] out of [1537] the mouth [4750], this [5124] defileth [2840] a man [444].
15 But [235] as [2596] he which hath called [2564] you [5209] is holy [40], so [2532] be [1096] ye [846] holy [40] in [1722] all [3956] manner of conversation [391];
16 Because [1360] it is written [1125], Be ye [1096] holy [40]; for [3754] I [1473] am [1510] holy [40].
25 Ye shall therefore put difference [0914] between clean [02889] beasts [0929] and unclean [02931], and between unclean [02931] fowls [05775] and clean [02889]: and ye shall not make your souls [05315] abominable [08262] by beast [0929], or by fowl [05775], or by any manner of living thing that creepeth [07430] on the ground [0127], which I have separated [0914] from you as unclean [02930].
26 And ye shall be holy [06918] unto me: for I the LORD [03068] am holy [06918], and have severed [0914] you from other people [05971], that ye should be mine.
10 And that ye may put difference [0914] between holy [06944] and unholy [02455], and between unclean [02931] and clean [02889];