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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.
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A Symbol of Separation
Commentators explain that the dietary laws were a primary way God set Israel apart from other nations. These rules were a daily, practical reminder of their unique covenant and call to be a holy people. As Matthew Henry notes, this distinction extended beyond food to encourage separation from ungodly influences and pagan practices.
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Leviticus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
These verses set forth the spiritual ground on which the distinction between clean and unclean is based. Compare the marginal references and Leviti…
19th Century
Anglican
To make a difference. —Better, that you may put difference, as the Authorised Version renders the same word in Leviticus …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
To make a difference between the unclean and the clean , &c.] Whether of beasts, fish, fowl, and flying creeping thi…
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These laws seem to have been intended,
As a test of the people's obedience, as Adam was forbidden to eat from the tree of knowledge…
