2Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.
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And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean;
And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them, …
And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-4)Here is, I. A gracious invitation of Noah and his family into a place of safety, now that the flood of waters was coming, Gen. 7:1. 1. The call itself is very kind, like that of a tender father to his children, to come in doors, when he sees night or a storm coming: Come thou, and all thy house , that small family that thou hast, into the ark . Observe, (1.) Noah did not go into the ark till God b…
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