A.(43) ¶ Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby.
B.(44) For I am the LORD your God:
C. ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy:
D. neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
B’.(45) For I am the LORD that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God:
C’. ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.
A’.(46) This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth:
Anyone have any ideas on why the central verse here is vs 44b?
Sin is really bad, it must be acknowledged. That was the job of the law.