Leviticus 7:26

Leviticus 7:26 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings.
• New International Version (NIV)And wherever you live, you must not eat the blood of any bird or animal.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Moreover, you shall eat no blood whatever, whether of fowl or of animal, in any of your dwelling places.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Moreover you shall not eat any blood in any of your dwellings, whether of bird or beast.

Context of Leviticus 7:26

24The fat of an animal found dead or mauled by wild beasts may be used for any other purpose, but you must not eat it. 25If anyone eats the fat of an animal from which a food offering may be presented to the LORD, the one who eats it must be cut off from his people. You must not eat the blood of any bird or animal in any of your dwellings. 27If anyone eats blood, that person must be cut off from his people.’” 28Then the LORD said to Moses,

Leviticus 7:26 word by word

וְכָל־דָּם֙ לֹ֣א תֹאכְל֔וּ בְּכֹ֖ל מוֹשְׁבֹתֵיכֶ֑ם לָע֖וֹף וְלַבְּהֵמָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• ·כֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• You must notלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• the bloodדָּםdâm · bloodH1818
• of any birdעוֹף‛ôph · birdH5775
• or animalבְּהֵמָהbehêmâh · animalH929
• of your dwellingsמוֹשָׁבmôshâb môshâb · seatH4186

Cross-references for Leviticus 7:26

• Leviticus 3:17This is a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live: You must not eat any fat or any blood.”
• Leviticus 17:10If anyone from the house of Israel or a foreigner living among them eats any blood, I will set My face against that person and cut him off from among his people.
• Genesis 9:4But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it.
• 1 Samuel 14:33Then someone reported to Saul: “Look, the troops are sinning against the LORD by eating meat with the blood still in it.” “You have broken faith,” said Saul. “Roll a large stone over here at once.”
• Ezekiel 33:25Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You eat meat with the blood in it, lift up your eyes to your idols, and shed blood. Should you then possess the land?
• John 6:53So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Son of Man, you have no life in you.
• Acts 15:20Instead, we should write and tell them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals, and from blood.
• Acts 15:29You must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things. Farewell.
• Ephesians 1:7In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace
• 1 Timothy 4:4For every creation of God is good, and nothing that is received with thanksgiving should be rejected,

Commentaries on Leviticus 7:26

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26No manner of blood - See Leviticus 17:10-15.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-27Verses 11-27 As to the peace-offerings, in the expression of their sense of mercy, God left them more at liberty, than in the expression of their sense of sin; that their sacrifices, being free-will offerings, might be the more acceptable, while, by obliging them to bring the sacrifices of atonement, God shows the necessity of the great Propitiation. The main reason why blood was forbidden of old, was because the Lord had appointed blood for an atonement…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 26-27The command not to eat blood was very important. The Council at Jerusalem even included it in their instructions for non-Jewish (Gentile) believers (Acts 15:29).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22-2722-27. Ye shall eat no manner of fat--(See on Le 3:17).Read the comment

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Commentaries on Leviticus 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings