Leviticus 11:43
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.
KJV
Nolite contaminare animas vestras, nec tangatis quidquam eorum, ne immundi sitis.
Vulgate
καὶ οὐ μὴ βδελύξητε τὰς ψυχὰς ὑμῶν ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς ἑρπετοῖς τοῖς ἕρπουσιν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, καὶ οὐ μιανθήσεσθε ἐν τούτοις, καὶ οὐκ ἀκάθαρτοι ἔσεσθε ἐν αὐτοῖς.
LXX
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.
ASV
אַל תְּשַׁקְּצוּ֙ אֶת נַפְשֹׁ֣תֵי/כֶ֔ם בְּ/כָל הַ/שֶּׁ֖רֶץ הַ/שֹּׁרֵ֑ץ וְ/לֹ֤א תִֽטַּמְּאוּ֙ בָּ/הֶ֔ם וְ/נִטְמֵתֶ֖ם בָּֽ/ם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Deut 14:3 — Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.
- Lev 11:41 — And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth shall be an abomination; it shall not be eaten.
- Lev 11:44 — 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 ear
- Lev 20:25 — 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 th
- Lev 22:5 — Or whosoever toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatsoever uncleanness he hath;