Leviticus 11:47

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 difference {H914} between the unclean {H2931} and the clean {H2889}, and between the beast {H2416} that may be eaten {H398} and the beast {H2416} that may not be eaten {H398}.

Its purpose is to distinguish between the unclean and the clean, and between the creatures that may be eaten and those that may not be eaten.'" Suggested readings for Parashah Sh'mini from the B'rit Hadashah:

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

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.

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Leviticus 10:10 (6 votes)

    And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean;

  • Ezekiel 44:23 (4 votes)

    And they shall teach my people [the difference] between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.

  • Romans 14:13 (3 votes)

    Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in [his] brother's way.

  • Romans 14:23 (3 votes)

    And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because [he eateth] not of faith: for whatsoever [is] not of faith is sin.

  • Malachi 3:18 (2 votes)

    Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.

  • Romans 14:2 (2 votes)

    For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs.

  • Romans 14:3 (2 votes)

    Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.