Leviticus 20:24-26
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
24 But to you I have said:(A) You shall take possession of their land. I am giving it to you to possess, a land flowing with milk and honey. I, the Lord, am your God, who have set you apart from other peoples. 25 (B)You, too, must set apart, then, the clean animals from the unclean, and the clean birds from the unclean, so that you do not make yourselves detestable through any beast or bird or any creature which creeps on the ground that I have set apart for you as unclean. 26 To me, therefore, you shall be holy; for I, the Lord, am holy,(C) and I have set you apart from other peoples to be my own.
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Leviticus 20:24-26
King James Version
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.
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Leviticus 20:24-26
New King James Version
24 But (A)I have said to you, “You shall inherit their land, and I will give it to you to possess, a land flowing with milk and honey.” I am the Lord your God, (B)who has separated you from the peoples. 25 (C)You shall therefore distinguish between clean animals and unclean, between unclean birds and clean, (D)and you shall not make yourselves [a]abominable by beast or by bird, or by any kind of living thing that creeps on the ground, which I have separated from you as [b]unclean. 26 And you shall be holy to Me, (E)for I the Lord am holy, and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be Mine.
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- Leviticus 20:25 detestable or loathsome
- Leviticus 20:25 defiled
Leviticus 20:24-26
English Standard Version
24 But (A)I have said to you, ‘You shall inherit their land, and I will give it to you to possess, a land (B)flowing with milk and honey.’ I am the Lord your God, (C)who has separated you from the peoples. 25 (D)You shall therefore separate the clean beast from the unclean, and the unclean bird from the clean. You shall not make yourselves detestable by beast or by bird or by anything with which the ground crawls, which I have set apart for you to hold unclean. 26 (E)You shall be holy to me, (F)for I the Lord am holy and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be mine.
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