“Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘You shall eat no fat, of bull, or sheep, or goat. The fat of that which dies of itself, and the fat of that which is torn of animals, may be used for any other service, but you shall in no way eat of it. For whoever eats the fat of the animal which men offer as an offering made by fire to Yahweh, even the soul who eats it shall be cut off from his people. You shall not eat any blood, whether it is of bird or of animal, in any of your dwellings. Whoever it is who eats any blood, that soul shall be cut off from his people.’ ”
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Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘You shall eat no fat, of bull, or sheep, or goat. The fat of that which dies of itself, and the fat of that which is torn of animals, may be used for any other service, but you shall in no way eat of it. For whoever eats the fat of the animal which men offer as an offering made by fire to Yahweh, even the soul who eats it shall be cut off from his people. You shall not eat any blood, whether it is of bird or of animal, in any of your dwellings. Whoever it is who eats any blood, that soul shall be cut off from his people.’ ”
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“Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘You shall eat no fat, of bull, or sheep, or goat.
The fat of that which dies of itself, and the fat of that which is torn of animals, may be used for any other service, but you shall in no way eat of it.
For whoever eats the fat of the animal which men offer as an offering made by fire to Yahweh, even the soul who eats it shall be cut off from his people.
You shall not eat any blood, whether it is of bird or of animal, in any of your dwellings.
Whoever it is who eats any blood, that soul shall be cut off from his people.’ ”
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Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no manner of fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat.
And the fat of the beast that dieth of itself, and the fat of that which is torn with beasts, may be used in any other use: but ye shall in no wise eat of it.
For whosoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which men offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, even the soul that eateth it shall be cut off from his people.
Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings.
Whatsoever soul it be that eateth any manner of blood, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.
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Speak unto the children of Israel, saying: Ye shall eat no fat, of ox, or sheep, or goat.
And the fat of that which dieth of itself, and the fat of that which is torn of beasts, may be used for any other service; but ye shall in no wise eat of it.
For whosoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which men present an offering made by fire unto the LORD, even the soul that eateth it shall be cut off from his people.
And ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings.
Whosoever it be that eateth any blood, that soul shall be cut off from his people.
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Cross-references (28)
- Genesis 9:4 (v26) But flesh with its life, that is, its blood, you shall not eat.
- Exodus 22:31 (v24) “You shall be holy men to me, therefore you shall not eat any meat that is torn by animals in the field. You shall cast it to the dogs.
- Leviticus 3:16-17 (v23) The priest shall burn them on the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire, for a pleasant aroma; all the fat is Yahweh’s. “ ‘It…
- Leviticus 17:15 (v24) “ ‘Every person that eats what dies of itself, or that which is torn by animals, whether he is native-born or a foreigner, shall wash his…
- Leviticus 22:8 (v24) He shall not eat that which dies of itself or is torn by animals, defiling himself by it. I am Yahweh.
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- Hebrews 10:29 (v27) How much worse punishment do you think he will be judged worthy of who has trodden under foot the Son of God, and has counted the blood of…
- Leviticus 3:17 (v26) “ ‘It shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings, that you shall eat neither fat nor blood.’ ”
- Leviticus 17:10-14 (v26) “ ‘Any man of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who live as foreigners among them, who eats any kind of blood, I will set my face…
- Deuteronomy 14:21 (v24) You shall not eat of anything that dies of itself. You may give it to the foreigner living among you who is within your gates, that he may…
- Ezekiel 4:14 (v24) Then I said, “Ah Lord Yahweh! Behold, my soul has not been polluted; for from my youth up even until now I have not eaten of that which…
- Ezekiel 44:31 (v24) The priests shall not eat of anything that dies of itself, or is torn, whether it is bird or animal.
- Acts 15:20 (v26) but that we write to them that they abstain from the pollution of idols, from sexual immorality, from what is strangled, and from blood.
- Leviticus 4:8-10 (v23) He shall take all the fat of the bull of the sin offering from it: the fat that covers the innards, and all the fat that is on the innards,…
- Leviticus 7:20-21 (v27) but the soul who eats of the meat of the sacrifice of peace offerings that belongs to Yahweh, having his uncleanness on him, that soul…
- Leviticus 7:25 (v27) For whoever eats the fat of the animal which men offer as an offering made by fire to Yahweh, even the soul who eats it shall be cut off…
- Leviticus 17:6 (v23) The priest shall sprinkle the blood on Yahweh’s altar at the door of the Tent of Meeting, and burn the fat for a pleasant aroma to Yahweh.
- Deuteronomy 32:38 (v23) which ate the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offering? Let them rise up and help you! Let them be your…
- 1 Samuel 2:15-17 (v23) Yes, before they burned the fat, the priest’s servant came, and said to the man who sacrificed, “Give meat to roast for the priest; for he…
- 1 Samuel 2:29 (v23) Why do you kick at my sacrifice and at my offering, which I have commanded in my habitation, and honor your sons above me, to make…
- 1 Samuel 14:33-34 (v26) Then they told Saul, saying, “Behold, the people are sinning against Yahweh, in that they eat meat with the blood.” He said, “You have…
- Ezekiel 33:25 (v26) Therefore tell them, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “You eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes to your idols, and shed blood. So should you…
- John 6:53 (v26) Jesus therefore said to them, “Most certainly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you don’t have…
- Acts 15:29 (v26) that you abstain from things sacrificed to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from sexual immorality, from which if you keep…
- Acts 28:27 (v23) For this people’s heart has grown callous. Their ears are dull of hearing. Their eyes they have closed. Lest they should see with their…
- Romans 8:13 (v23) For if you live after the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
- Romans 13:13 (v23) Let’s walk properly, as in the day; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and lustful acts, and not in strife and…
- Ephesians 1:7 (v26) in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,
- 1 Timothy 4:4 (v26) For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it is received with thanksgiving.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv23–27 Lev 7:23 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying,…
Lev 7:23 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no manner of fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat.
Ver. 23. No manner of fat.] {See Trapp on "Lev 3:12"}
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv23–24 The general prohibition of eating fat, Lev 3:17, is…
The general prohibition of eating fat, Lev 3:17, is here explained of, and restrained to, those kinds of creatures which were sacrificed to God.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv23–27 And the fat of the beast that dieth of…
And the fat of the beast that dieth of itself,.... Of any disease, and is not regularly killed:
and the fat of that which is torn with beasts; with wild beasts:
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may be used in any other use; as in medicine, for plasters, or for making candles, or for greasing of anything to make it smooth and pliable, or the like:
but ye shall in no wise eat of it; such carcasses themselves were not to be eaten of, and one would think their fat in course must be unlawful; but however, to prevent the doing of it, this particular law was given, and those that broke this were doubly guilty, as the Jews observe (m); once in eating things that died of themselves, or were torn with beasts, and again by eating the fat of them.
(m) Maimon. Hilchot Maacolot Asurot, c. 7. sect. 2.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On vv23–24 The general prohibition of eating fat, chap. iii, 17,…
The general prohibition of eating fat, chap. iii, 17, is here explained of those kind of creatures which were sacrificed. The fat of others they might eat.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv23, 27 Verse 23. Fat, of ox, or of sheep, or…
Verse 23. Fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat.] Any other fat they might eat, but the fat of these was sacred, because they were the only animals which were offered in sacrifice, though many others ranked among the clean animals as well as these. But it is likely that this prohibition is to be understood of these animals when offered in sacrifice, and then only in reference to the inward fat, as mentioned on Le 7:4. Of the fat in any other circumstances it cannot be intended, as it was one of the especial blessings which God gave to the people. Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with FAT of LAMBS, and RAMS of the breed of Bashan, and GOATS, were the provision that he gave to his followers. See De 32:12-14.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On v23 Lev 7:23-24. The general prohibition of eating fat, (Lev…
Lev 7:23-24. The general prohibition of eating fat, (Lev 3:17,) is here explained of those kinds of creatures which were sacrificed. The fat of others they might eat. And (Lev 7:24) he shows that this prohibition reached not only to the fat of those beasts which were offered to God, but also of those that died, or were killed at home.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On vv23, 24, 26 This is emphatically addressed to the people. They were…
This is emphatically addressed to the people. They were not to eat in their own meal what belonged to the altar of Yahweh, nor what was the perquisite of the priests. See Lev 7:33-36.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On vv23, 24, 26 Eat, when they have been once immolated. See chap.…
Eat, when they have been once immolated. See chap. iii. 17.
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv23, 25, 26 THE FAT AND BLOOD FORBIDDEN TO BE EATEN, Lev_7:22-30.
THE FAT AND BLOOD FORBIDDEN TO BE EATEN, Lev_7:22-30.
23. Eat no manner of fat — This prohibits only the interior fat or suet of the sacrificial animals, whether offered in sacrifice or slain for food. See Lev_3:3; Lev_3:17, notes. Some writers assert that only the internal fat of animals offered to God is forbidden, since “the fat (suet) of lambs, rams, and goats,” was one of the provisions graciously bestowed on the Israelites. Deu_32:13-14. But this question is answered in the next verse.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv23–27 (23) Ye shall eat no manner of fat.—That is,…
(23) Ye shall eat no manner of fat.—That is, the fat of beeves, sheep, or goats. The fat of these three kinds of sacrificial quadrupeds is prohibited, even when they are not killed as sacrifices, but when slaughtered for private consumption; but the fat of other tame or wild clean quadrupeds, as stags, roes, &c. &c, was lawful. According to the practice which obtained during the second Temple, there are three kinds of fat for the eating of which a man incurred the penalty of excision: the fat (1) which is upon the inwards, (2) upon the two kidneys, and (3) upon the flanks (Lev_9:10). The rump, the kidney, and the caul above the liver were not called fat, except in sacrifices. The fat which is covered with flesh is lawful, the fat upon the kidneys is forbidden; but that which is within the kidneys, as well as that of the heart, is lawful.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On v25 To eat of the fat of which men offer…
To eat of the fat of which men offer an offering made with fire unto the Lord, is to rob God of his chosen offering. The injunction condemns sacrilege in all its forms. Whoever takes to his own use things dedicated to God, "eats the fat;" and" the soul that eateth it shall be cut off from his people."
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v25 sacrifice by fire
sacrifice by fire
This can be stated in active form. AT: "burnt offering" (See: Active or Passive)
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that person must be cut off from his people
A person being excluded from his community is spoken of as if he had been cut off from his people, as one would cut a piece of cloth or cut a branch from a tree. This can be translated in active form. See how you translated this in Leviticus 7:20. (See: Metaphor and Active or Passive)
You must eat no blood
"You must not consume blood"
in any of your houses
"in any of your homes" or "wherever you live"
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sacrifice
fire
Yahweh
cut off
blood
house
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv24, 26 7:24 Animals found dead had not been drained of…
7:24 Animals found dead had not been drained of their blood and were therefore unclean. Their fat was unfit to offer to the Lord and could not be eaten. However, it could be used for any other purpose, such as greasing cart axles, waterproofing animal hides, and other household uses.
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