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Leviticus 7:27

Whoever it is who eats any blood, that soul shall be cut off from his people.’ ”

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Parallel Translations

  • WEB World English Bible

    Whoever it is who eats any blood, that soul shall be cut off from his people.’ ”

  • KJV King James Version

    Whatsoever soul it be that eateth any manner of blood, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    Whosoever it be that eateth any blood, that soul shall be cut off from his people.

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  • Is it OK to eat blood?

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Cross-references (3)

Passages linked to Leviticus 7:27 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Hebrews 10:29 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 the covenant with which he was sanctified an unholy thing, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?
  • Leviticus 7:20-21 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 shall be cut off from his people. When anyone touches any unclean thing, the uncleanness of man, or an unclean animal, or any unclean abomination, and eats some of the meat of the sacrifice of peace offerings which belong to Yahweh, that soul shall be cut off from his people.’ ”
  • Leviticus 7:25 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.

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Explain this verse (4 sources)

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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Lev 7:27 Whatsoever soul [it be] that eateth any…

Lev 7:27 Whatsoever soul [it be] that eateth any manner of blood, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.

Ver. 27. Whatsoever soul it be.] One would think this to be but a peccadillo: yet how fearfully is it threatened! No sin can be little, because there is no little God to sin against.

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.

John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the Lord spake unto Moses,.... At the same…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 27. Whatsoever soul - that eateth any manner…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (27) That soul shall be cut off.—According to the…

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