LEVITICUS 20:25

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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.

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Leviticus 20:25 Translation & Meaning

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Ye shall therefore put difference וְהִבְדַּלְתֶּ֞ם To divide (in variation senses literally or figuratively, separate, distinguish, differ, select, etc.) therefore put difference
between בֵּֽין Between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or between
clean הַטְּהֹרָה֙ Pure (in a physical, chemical, ceremonial or moral sense) clean
beasts הַבְּהֵמָ֤ה Properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective) beasts
and unclean, לַטְּמֵאָ֔ה Foul in a religious sense unclean
and between וּבֵין Between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or between
unclean הַטָּמֵ֖א Foul in a religious sense unclean
fowls הָע֥וֹף A bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively fowls
and clean: לַטָּהֹ֑ר Pure (in a physical, chemical, ceremonial or moral sense) clean
and ye shall not וְלֹֽא Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles not
make your souls נַפְשֹֽׁתֵיכֶ֜ם Properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental) make souls
abominable תְשַׁקְּצ֨וּ To be filthy, i.e., (intensively) to loathe, pollute abominable
by beast, בַּבְּהֵמָ֣ה Properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective) beast
or by fowl, וּבָע֗וֹף A bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively fowl
or by any manner וּבְכֹל֙ Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) any manner
of living thing that creepeth תִּרְמֹ֣שׂ Properly, to glide swiftly, i.e., to crawl or move with short steps; by analogy to swarm living thing creepeth
on the ground, הָֽאֲדָמָ֔ה Soil (from its general redness) ground
which אֲשֶׁר Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc which
I have separated הִבְדַּ֥לְתִּי To divide (in variation senses literally or figuratively, separate, distinguish, differ, select, etc.) separated
from you as unclean. לְטַמֵּֽא׃ To be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated) unclean

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  • 23  And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.

  • 24  But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and honey: I am the Lord your God, which have separated you from other people.

  • 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.

  • 26  And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the Lord am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.

  • 27  A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood shall be upon them.




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