43 (A)Do not make [a]yourselves detestable through any of the swarming things that swarm; and you shall not make yourselves unclean with them so that you become unclean. 44 For (B)I am the Lord your God. Consecrate yourselves therefore, and (C)be holy, because I am holy. And you shall not make yourselves unclean with any of the swarming things that swarm on the earth. 45 (D)For I am the Lord who brought you up from the land of Egypt, to be your God; so (E)you shall be holy, because I am holy.’”

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 11:43 Lit your souls

43 Do not defile yourselves by any of these creatures.(A) Do not make yourselves unclean by means of them or be made unclean by them. 44 I am the Lord your God;(B) consecrate yourselves(C) and be holy,(D) because I am holy.(E) Do not make yourselves unclean by any creature that moves along the ground.(F) 45 I am the Lord, who brought you up out of Egypt(G) to be your God;(H) therefore be holy, because I am holy.(I)

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