Leviticus 20:25
Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean.Leviticus 20:25 in the real world
In what words
- שָׁקַץshâqatsto be filthy, i.e. (intensively) to loathe, pollute
- רָמַשׂrâmasproperly, to glide swiftly, i.e. to crawl or move with short steps; by analogy to swarm
- בָּדַלbâdalto divide (in variation senses literally or figuratively, separate, distinguish, differ, s
- טָמֵאṭâmêʼfoul in a religious sense
- עוֹףʻôwpha bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively
- טָהוֹרṭâhôwrpure (in a physical, chemical, ceremonial or moral sense)
- בְּהֵמָהbᵉhêmâhproperly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)
- אֲדָמָהʼădâmâhsoil (from its general redness)
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Deu 14:3–21, Lev 11:1–47, Eph 5:7–11, Act 10:11–15, Act 10:28