Leviticus 11:44 (YLT)

Passage

`For I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah your God, and ye have sanctified yourselves, and ye have been holy, for I <FI>am<Fi> holy; and ye do not defile your persons with any teeming thing which is creeping on the earth;

Nearby Context

Leviticus 11:42 any thing going on the belly, and any going on four, unto every multiplier of feet, to every teeming thing which is teeming on the earth--ye do not eat them, for they <FI>are<Fi> an abomination;

Leviticus 11:43 ye do not make yourselves abominable with any teeming thing which is teeming, nor do ye make yourselves unclean with them, so that ye have been unclean thereby.

Leviticus 11:44 `For I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah your God, and ye have sanctified yourselves, and ye have been holy, for I <FI>am<Fi> holy; and ye do not defile your persons with any teeming thing which is creeping on the earth;

Leviticus 11:45 for I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah who am bringing you up out of the land of Egypt to become your God; and ye have been holy, for I <FI>am<Fi> holy.

Leviticus 11:46 `This <FI>is<Fi> a law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature which is moving in the waters, and of every creature which is teeming on the earth,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "jehovah", "sanctified", "yourselves", "been", "holy", "defile", and "persons". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "jehovah" and "sanctified", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 43's "ye do not make yourselves abominable with..." into verse 45's "for I FI am Fi Jehovah who...", so "jehovah" and "sanctified" belong inside that flow. In Leviticus context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "jehovah" and "sanctified" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.