Leviticus 3:17

Leviticus 3:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.
• New International Version (NIV)“ ‘This is a lasting ordinance for the generations to come, wherever you live: You must not eat any fat or any blood.’ ”
• English Standard Version (ESV)It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations, in all your dwelling places, that you eat neither fat nor blood."
• New King James Version (NKJV)‘This shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings: you shall eat neither fat nor blood.’ ”

Context of Leviticus 3:17

15He must also give the kidneys with the fat on them and the best piece of the liver. 16The priest will burn them as food on the altar. The smell of them while they are burning will give the Lord pleasure. Israel's people must not eat any fat or drink any blood. This rule is for them and for their children everywhere. They must obey this rule always.’

Leviticus 3:17 word by word

חֻקַּ֤ת עוֹלָם֙ לְדֹרֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם בְּכֹ֖ל מֽוֹשְׁבֹתֵיכֶ֑ם כָּל־חֵ֥לֶב וְכָל־דָּ֖ם לֹ֥א תֹאכֵֽלוּ׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• a perpetualעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: enduringH5769
• statuteחֻקָּהchûqqâh · statuteH2708
• for your generationsדּוֹרdôr dôr · generationH1755
• throughout all your dwellingsמוֹשָׁבmôshâb môshâb · seatH4186
• that ye eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• neither fatחֵ֫לֶבcheleb chêleb · fatH2459
• nor bloodדָּםdâm · bloodH1818

Cross-references for Leviticus 3:17

• Leviticus 6:18Any son, grandson or male of Aaron's family can eat the bread. It is his usual part of the burnt offerings to the Lord. A person who touches the bread will become holy.’
• Leviticus 7:36The Lord told the Israelites that they must do this. He told them that on the day that Aaron's sons became priests. All their sons and grandsons must always give these offerings to the priests.” ’
• Leviticus 16:34He will make atonement for all the Israelites' sins once every year. This rule is for now and for all time.’ The people did everything in the way that the Lord had commanded Moses.
• Leviticus 17:7The people give sacrifices in the fields to worship idols that seem like goats. They must never do this again. This rule is for now and for all time.
• Leviticus 23:14The people must not eat any of the new grain until they have given their gift to God. They and their children must do this now and always. They must do it in any place that they live.
• Numbers 19:21This rule is for now and for ever. The man who splashes the special water must also wash his clothes. Any person who touches the special water will not be clean until evening.
• Leviticus 3:16The priest will burn them as food on the altar. The smell of them while they are burning will give the Lord pleasure.
• Deuteronomy 32:14Their cows and their goats gave them plenty of milk and butter. Their lambs, sheep and goats became fat, so they ate the best meat. They ate the best bread from their wheat. They drank the best wine from their grapes.
• Nehemiah 8:10Nehemiah said to the people, ‘Go to your homes and eat some good food. Drink sweet drinks. Share your food and your drink with people who do not have enough for themselves. This is a holy day for our Lord, so do not be sad. The Lord will give you joy so that you can be strong.’
• Leviticus 7:23‘Tell Israel's people this. They must not eat the fat from sheep, cows or goats.
• Leviticus 17:10An Israelite or a foreigner who lives among you must not eat blood. And they must not drink it. If somebody does, God will turn away from him. He will take that person away from his people.
• Genesis 9:4But you must not eat meat that still has the blood of life in it.
• Deuteronomy 12:16But you must not eat the blood of any animal. You must pour it on the ground like water.
• Deuteronomy 15:23But you must not eat the animal's blood. You must pour it on the ground like water.
• 1 Samuel 14:32So they quickly took sheep, cows and calves from the Philistines as food to eat. The soldiers were so hungry that they killed the animals on the ground. Then they ate the meat with the blood still in it.
• Ezekiel 33:25Because they say that, you must tell them, “This is what the Almighty Lord says: You eat meat which still has blood in it. You worship your idols. You also murder people. So you do not deserve to have the land for yourselves.

Commentaries on Leviticus 3:17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17That ye eat neither fat nor blood - It is not likely that the fat should be forbidden in the same manner and in the same latitude as the blood. The blood was the life of the beast, and that was offered to make an atonement for their souls; consequently, this was never eaten in all their generations: but it was impossible to separate the fat from the flesh, which in many parts is so intimately intermixed with the muscular fibres; but the blood, being…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17Blood - See Leviticus 17:11 note. Throughout all your dwellings - The suet was neither to be eaten in sacrificial meals in the sanctuary, nor in ordinary meals in private houses.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-17Verses 6-17 Here is a law that they should eat neither fat nor blood. As for the fat, it means the fat of the inwards, the suet. The blood was forbidden for the same reason; because it was God's part of every sacrifice. God would not permit the blood that made atonement to be used as a common thing, He 10:29; nor will he allow us, though we have the comfort of the atonement made, to claim for ourselves any share in the honour of making it. This taught the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17God did not allow the people to eat any fat or any blood (see Leviticus 1:5, 8, and study notes).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. ye eat neither fat nor blood--The details given above distinctly define the fat in animals which was not to be eaten, so that all the rest, whatever adhered to other parts, or was intermixed with them, might be used. The prohibition of blood rested on a different foundation, being intended to preserve their reverence for the Messiah, who was to shed His blood as an atoning sacrifice for the sins of the world [Brown].Read the comment

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Commentaries on Leviticus 3

• 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