“to make a distinction between the unclean and the clean, and between the living thing that may be eaten and the living thing that may not be eaten.’””

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Leviticus 11 contains 47 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.