that you may distinguish between the clean and the unclean, and between creatures that may be eaten and those that may not be eaten.
Of every clean animal, take with you seven pairs, a male and its mate; and of the unclean animals, one pair, a male and its mate;
Her priests violate my law and desecrate what I consider holy; they do not distinguish between holy and common, nor teach the difference between unclean and clean; they pay no attention to my sabbaths, so that I have been desecrated in their midst.
They shall teach my people to distinguish between sacred and profane and make known to them the difference between clean and unclean.
But Daniel was resolved not to defile himself with the king’s food or wine; so he begged the chief chamberlain to spare him this defilement.
You must be able to distinguish between what is sacred and what is profane, and between what is clean and what is unclean;
This is the instruction for land animals, birds, and all the creatures that move about in the water, as well as any animal that swarms on the ground,
The Lord said to Moses:
Then you will again distinguish between the just and the wicked, Between the person who serves God, and the one who does not.