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Leviticus 20:25

23 You must not follow the statutes of the nations I am driving out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them.

24 But I have told you that you will inherit their land, since I will give it to you as an inheritance—a land flowing with milk and honey. I am the LORD your God, who has set you apart from the peoples.

You are therefore to distinguish between clean and unclean animals and birds. Do not become contaminated by any animal or bird, or by anything that crawls on the ground; I have set these apart as unclean for you.

26 You are to be holy to Me because I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be My own.

27 A man or a woman who is a medium or spiritist must surely be put to death. They shall be stoned; their blood is upon them.’”

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
You are therefore to distinguish between clean and unclean animals and birds. Do not become contaminated by any animal or bird, or by anything that crawls on the ground; I have set these apart as unclean for you.
KJV
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 thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean.
WEB
“‘You shall therefore make a distinction between the clean animal and the unclean, and between the unclean fowl and the clean. You shall not make yourselves abominable by animal, or by bird, or by anything with which the ground teems, which I have separated from you as unclean for you.
ASV
Ye shall therefore make a distinction between the clean beast and the unclean, and between the unclean fowl and the clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by bird, or by anything wherewith the ground teemeth, which I have separated from you as unclean.
DARBY
And ye shall make a separation between the clean beast and the unclean, and between the unclean fowl and the clean, and ye shall not make yourselves an abomination by beast, or by fowl, or by anything that creepeth on the ground which I have separated for you, declaring [it] as unclean.
BLB
And you⁺ shall distinguish between the clean and between the unclean animals, and between the unclean and between the clean birds; and you⁺ shall not make yourselves detestable by the beast or by the bird or by any kind of living thing that creeps on the ground, which I have separated from you⁺ as unclean.
ÅB
Derfor skal dere skille mellom rene dyr og urene og mellom urene fugler og rene og ikke gjøre dere selv avskyelige ved å spise de firføtte dyr eller de fugler eller det kryp på jorden som jeg har skilt ut for dere, for at dere skal holde dem for urene.
OTB
‘Dere må derfor skille mellom rene og urene dyr og mellom urene og rene fugler. Ikke gjør dere selv urene ved noe dyr eller fugl eller noe som beveger seg langs bakken—de som jeg har satt adskilt som urene for dere.
B1930
Derfor skal I skille mellem rene dyr og urene og mellem urene fugler og rene og ikke gjøre eder selv vederstyggelige ved å ete de firføtte dyr eller de fugler eller det kryp på jorden som jeg har skilt ut for eder, forat I skal holde dem for urene.

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