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Leviticus 11:27 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Whatever goes on its paws, among all animals that go on all fours, they are unclean to you. Whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening. "
Leviticus 11:27
Verse in Context
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25 Whoever carries any part of their carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening.
26 “‘Every animal which has a split hoof that isn’t completely divided, or doesn’t chew the cud, is unclean to you. Everyone who touches them shall be unclean.
27 Whatever goes on its paws, among all animals that go on all fours, they are unclean to you. Whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening.
28 He who carries their carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening. They are unclean to you.
29 “‘These are they which are unclean to you among the creeping things that creep on the earth: the weasel, the rat, any kind of great lizard,
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Leviticus 11:1
"The LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them,"
Leviticus 11:2
"“Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘These are the living things which you may eat among all the animals that are on the earth."
Leviticus 11:3
"Whatever parts the hoof, and is cloven-footed, and chews the cud among the animals, that you may eat."
Leviticus 11:4
"“‘Nevertheless these you shall not eat of those that chew the cud, or of those who part the hoof: the camel, because it chews the cud but doesn’t have a parted hoof, is unclean to you."
Leviticus 11:5
"The hyrax, because it chews the cud but doesn’t have a parted hoof, is unclean to you."
Leviticus 11:6
"The hare, because it chews the cud but doesn’t have a parted hoof, is unclean to you."
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