25 (A)You are therefore to make a distinction between the clean animal and the unclean, and between the unclean bird and the clean; and you shall not make [a]yourselves detestable by animal or by bird, or by anything [b]that crawls on the ground, which I have distinguished for you as unclean. 26 So you are to be holy to Me, for I the Lord am holy; and I (B)have singled you out from the peoples to be Mine.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 20:25 Lit your souls
  2. Leviticus 20:25 Lit with which the ground crawls

25 You are to differentiate between the clean animal and the unclean and between the unclean bird and the clean. You are not to make yourselves detestable on account of any animal, bird, or any creeping creature of the ground that I’ve separated for you as unclean.

26 “You are to be holy toward me, because I, the Lord, am holy. I’ve separated you from among the people to be mine.

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