Cross References You shall be holy, because I am holy. This is the law of beasts and fowls, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and creepeth on the earth: Genesis 1:20 God also said: let the waters bring forth the creeping creature having life, and the fowl that may fly over the earth under the firmament of heaven. Genesis 1:21 And God created the great whales, and every living and moving creature, which the waters brought forth, according to their kinds, and every winged fowl according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. Leviticus 11:45 For I am the Lord, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that I might be your God. Leviticus 11:47 That you may know the differences of the clean, and unclean, and know what you ought to eat, and what to refuse. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge You shall be holy, because I am holy. This is the law of beasts and fowls, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and creepeth on the earth: 1. As a test of obedience, and to teach the Israelites habits of self-denial, and the government of their appetites. 2. To keep them distinct from other nations, and consequently from their idolatrous usages, by throwing hindrances in the way of their social intercourse; for these distinctions were applicable both to persons and things. The Canaanites not only ate the animals prohibited by Moses, which we usually eat, but others also, among which dogs were one. Besides, many of those declared unclean were sacred among the heathen, and sacrificed to their gods. 3. Because those prohibited were innutritive and unwholesome; as the swine, the flesh of which being strong and difficult to digest, affords a very gross aliment, and produces, especially in hot climates, cutaneous, scrophulous, and scorbutic disorders, as the itch, leprosy, etc. Leviticus 7:37 This is the law of holocaust, and of the sacrifice for sin, and for trespass, and for consecration, and the victims of peace offerings: Leviticus 14:54 This is the law of every kind of leprosy and stroke. Leviticus 15:32 This is the law of him that hath the issue of seed, and that is defiled by copulation. Ezekiel 43:12 This is the law of the house upon the top of the mountain: All its border round about; most holy: this then is the law of the house. Context Clean and Unclean Animals…45For I am the Lord, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that I might be your God. 46You shall be holy, because I am holy. This is the law of beasts and fowls, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and creepeth on the earth:47That you may know the differences of the clean, and unclean, and know what you ought to eat, and what to refuse.… Lexicon Thisזֹ֣את (zōṯ) Pronoun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, is the law תּוֹרַ֤ת (tō·w·raṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 8451: Direction, instruction, law regarding animals, הַבְּהֵמָה֙ (hab·bə·hê·māh) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 929: A dumb beast, any large quadruped, animal birds, וְהָע֔וֹף (wə·hā·‘ō·wp̄) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5775: Flying creatures all וְכֹל֙ (wə·ḵōl) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every living הַֽחַיָּ֔ה (ha·ḥay·yāh) Article | Adjective - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life creatures נֶ֣פֶשׁ (ne·p̄eš) Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion that move הָרֹמֶ֖שֶׂת (hā·rō·me·śeṯ) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 7430: To glide swiftly, to crawl, move with short steps, to swarm in the water, בַּמָּ֑יִם (bam·mā·yim) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen and all וּלְכָל־ (ū·lə·ḵāl-) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every creatures נֶ֖פֶשׁ (ne·p̄eš) Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion that crawl הַשֹּׁרֶ֥צֶת (haš·šō·re·ṣeṯ) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 8317: To wriggle, swarm, abound along עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against the ground. הָאָֽרֶץ׃ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land Additional Translations This is the law regarding animals, birds, all living creatures that move in the water, and all creatures that crawl along the ground.This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moves in the waters, and of every creature that creeps on the earth: This is the law of the beast, and of the bird, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth; This is the law concerning beasts and birds and every living creature moving in the water, and every living creature creeping on the earth; This is the law of cattle, and of fowl, and of every living soul that moveth in the waters, and of every soul that crawleth on the earth; This is the law of the beast, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth: This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth; "'This is the law of the animal, and of the bird, and of every living creature that moves in the waters, and of every creature that creeps on the earth, This is a law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature which is moving in the waters, and of every creature which is teeming on the earth, Jump to Previous Animal Animals Beast Beasts Bird Birds Cattle Crawleth Creature Creepeth Creeps Earth Flat Fowl Goes Ground Law Moves Moveth Moving Pertaining Regarding Regulations Soul Swarmeth Swarms Teeming Water WatersJump to Next Animal Animals Beast Beasts Bird Birds Cattle Crawleth Creature Creepeth Creeps Earth Flat Fowl Goes Ground Law Moves Moveth Moving Pertaining Regarding Regulations Soul Swarmeth Swarms Teeming Water WatersExternal Links Leviticus 11:46 NIVLeviticus 11:46 NLT Leviticus 11:46 ESV Leviticus 11:46 NASB Leviticus 11:46 ASV Leviticus 11:46 Bible Apps Leviticus 11:46 Biblia Paralela Leviticus 11:46 Chinese Bible Leviticus 11:46 French Bible Leviticus 11:46 German Bible Alphabetical: about and animal animals are bird birds concerning creature earth every everything ground in is law living moves on regarding regulations swarms that the These thing This water waters OT Law: Leviticus 11:46 This is the law of the animal (Le Lv Lev.) 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