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Leviticus 7:27
27You must send away from Israel's people any person who eats blood.’
Leviticus 7:27 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Whatsoever soul it be that eateth any manner of blood, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.
- New International Version (NIV)Anyone who eats blood must be cut off from their people.’ ”
- English Standard Version (ESV)Whoever eats any blood, that person shall be cut off from his people."
- New King James Version (NKJV)Whoever eats any blood, that person shall be cut off from his people.’ ”
Context of Leviticus 7:27
25They must not eat the fat of an animal that they have burnt as a gift on the Lord's altar. They must send away from God's people anyone who does eat it. 26You must not eat the blood of an animal or of a bird even if you are living in another country. You must send away from Israel's people any person who eats blood.’ 28The Lord said to Moses, 29‘Say to Israel's people, “When a person gives an animal as a friendship offering, he must bring part of it to the Lord.
Read all of Leviticus 7Leviticus 7:27 word by word
כָּל־נֶ֖פֶשׁ אֲשֶׁר־תֹּאכַ֣ל כָּל־דָּ֑ם וְנִכְרְתָ֛ה הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁ הַהִ֖וא מֵֽעַמֶּֽיהָ׃ פRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Leviticus 7:27
- Leviticus 7:20A person who is not clean might eat the friendship offering to the Lord. If he does, they must send him away from Israel's people.
- Hebrews 10:29So think about a person who has turned against the Son of God. That person's punishment will surely be much worse! He says that Christ's sacrifice has no value for him. He has made God's new agreement seem like something bad. It was Christ's death on the cross that made that person clean, so that he belonged to God. But now that person has insulted God's Spirit, who brings God's kind help to us.
Commentaries on Leviticus 7:27
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27Whatsoever soul - that eateth any manner of blood - See Clarke's note on Genesis 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's note on Genesis 17:14.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
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