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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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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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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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 (13)
- Genesis 9:4 (v26) But flesh with its life, that is, its blood, you shall not eat.
- 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…
- 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.
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- 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…
- 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…
- 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 vv26–27 Lev 7:26 Moreover ye shall eat no manner of…
Lev 7:26 Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, [whether it be] of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings.
Ver. 26. Ye shall eat no manner of blood.] This signified, (1.) That we should learn to honour holy things, and not to make a mock of them by employing them to common use; (2.) That we should be most careful not to shed man’s blood for the satisfying of our lust. See Lev 17:11-12 Gen 9:4-5 Deu 12:13.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv26–27 Whatsoever soul it be that eateth any manner of…
Whatsoever soul it be that eateth any manner of blood,.... The Targum of Jonathan adds, of any living creature, that is, of any while it is alive; for the Jews always interpret the law in Gen 9:4 of the member of a living creature torn off from it, and its flesh with the blood eaten directly:
even that soul shall be cut off from his people; Maimonides (r) observes, that to some sorts of food cutting off is threatened, particularly to blood, because of the eager desire of men to eat it in those times, and because it precipitated them to a certain species of idolatry; he means that of the Zabians, of which See Gill on Eze 33:25 of the true reason of the prohibition of eating blood under the law, see Lev 17:10, &c.
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(r) Moreh Nevochim, par. 3. c. 41.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On v27 Verse 27. Whatsoever soul - that eateth any manner…
Verse 27. Whatsoever soul - that eateth any manner of blood] See Clarke on Ge 9:4. Shall be cut off - excommunicated from the people of God, and so deprived of any part in their inheritance, and in their blessings. See Clarke on Ge 17:14.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On v26 No manner of blood - See Lev 17:10-15.
No manner of blood - See Lev 17:10-15.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On v26 Beasts. Hence the Rabbins except the blood of fishes,…
Beasts. Hence the Rabbins except the blood of fishes, as it is not specified. (Calmet)
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 v26 26. Ye shall eat no… blood — To this…
26. Ye shall eat no… blood — To this prohibition there is no exception.
It has especial respect to the atoning blood of sacrifice, first of the type and then of the great Antitype.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv26–27 (26) Moreover ye shall eat. . . . —Better,…
(26) Moreover ye shall eat. . . . —Better, and ye shall eat no blood in all your dwellings. That is, this law is binding upon the Israelites wherever they may dwell. (See Lev_3:17.)
Whether it be of fowl or of beast.—It extends to all fowls and quadrupeds, whether they are legally prescribed as sacrifices or not; but not to fishes, locusts, creeping things, &c., which are not prescribed in the dietary laws as unclean.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v26 7:26-27 The prohibition against consuming blood was so important…
7:26-27 The prohibition against consuming blood was so important that the Council at Jerusalem included it in the instructions for Gentile believers (Acts 15:29).
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