Leviticus 11:26-27

Inedible Land Quadrupeds

11:26 “‘All 1  animals that divide the hoof but it is not completely split in two 2  and do not chew the cud 3  are unclean to you; anyone who touches them becomes unclean. 4  11:27 All that walk on their paws among all the creatures that walk on all fours 5  are unclean to you. Anyone who touches their carcass will be unclean until the evening,

Leviticus 11:45

11:45 for I am the Lord who brought you up from the land of Egypt to be your God, 6  and you are to be holy because I am holy.

Leviticus 11:47

11:47 to distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between the living creatures that may be eaten and the living creatures that must not be eaten.’”

1 tn Heb “to all” (cf. the note on v. 24). This and the following verses develop more fully the categories of uncleanness set forth in principle in vv. 24-25.

2 tn Heb “divides hoof and cleft it does not cleave”; KJV “divideth the hoof, and is not clovenfooted”; NLT “divided but unsplit hooves.”

3 tn See the note on Lev 11:3.

4 sn Compare the regulations in Lev 11:2-8.

5 tn Heb “the one walking on four.” Compare Lev 11:20-23.

6 tn Heb “to be to you for a God.”