Leviticus 11:47
To make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be eaten.
Cross-reference
Leviticus 10:10 commands priests to distinguish holy/common and unclean/clean; here the same purpose is stated for dietary laws.
Leviticus 15:31 reinforces the need to separate people from uncleanness, directly linking to the distinction made here.
Ezekiel 44:23 specifies that priests must teach the difference between clean and unclean, directly echoing the distinction defined here.
Ezekiel 22:26 condemns priests for failing to distinguish clean/unclean — the very duty commanded here.
In Acts 11:8, Peter cites this law to explain his reluctance to eat unclean foods — showing its continued observance.
Judges 13:4 applies the clean/unclean distinction by commanding Samson's mother to eat nothing unclean.
Isaiah 52:11 calls for departing from Babylon and touching no unclean thing, echoing the separation principle here.
Malachi 3:18 shifts the distinction from ritual clean/unclean to moral righteous/wicked, applying the same concept of separation to ethical behavior.