Leviticus 11:44 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“For I am the Lord your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.”
Leviticus 11:44 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Leviticus 11:44 in 6 Bible Translations
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Leviticus 11:44 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“For I am Yahweh your God. Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am holy. You shall not defile yourselves with any kind of creeping thing that moves on the earth.”
Leviticus 11:44 — World English Bible
Leviticus 11:44 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“For I am Jehovah your God: sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that moveth upon the earth. ”
Leviticus 11:44 — American Standard Version
Leviticus 11:44 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“`For I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah your God, and ye have sanctified yourselves, and ye have been holy, for I <FI>am<Fi> holy; and ye do not defile your persons with any teeming thing which is creeping on the earth;”
Leviticus 11:44 — Young's Literal Translation
Leviticus 11:44 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“For I am Jehovah yourGod; and ye shall hallow yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy; and ye shall not make yourselves unclean through any manner of crawling thing which creepeth on the earth. ”
Leviticus 11:44 — Darby Translation
Leviticus 11:44 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“For I am the Lord your God: be sanctified therefore, and be holy, for I am holy, and defile not your selues with any creeping thing, that creepeth vpon the earth.”
Leviticus 11:44 — Geneva Bible
Leviticus 11:44 in Context — Leviticus 11
42 Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all four, or whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are an abomination.
43 Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby.
44 For I am the Lord your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
45 For I am the Lord that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.
46 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:
What Does Leviticus 11:44 Mean?
Leviticus 11:44 is a verse from the Book of Leviticus, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Leviticus chapter 11. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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