English Standard Version
Leviticus 7:27
27Whoever eats any blood, that person shall be cut off from his people."
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.’ ”
- New King James Version (NKJV)Whoever eats any blood, that person shall be cut off from his people.’ ”
- New Living Translation (NLT)Anyone who consumes blood will be cut off from the community.”
Context of Leviticus 7:27
25For every person who eats of the fat of an animal of which a food offering may be made to the Lord shall be cut off from his people. 26Moreover, you shall eat no blood whatever, whether of fowl or of animal, in any of your dwelling places. Whoever eats any blood, that person shall be cut off from his people." 28The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 29"Speak to the people of Israel, saying, Whoever offers the sacrifice of his peace offerings to the Lord shall bring his offering to the Lord from the sacrifice of his peace offerings.
Read all of Leviticus 7Leviticus 7:27 word by word
כָּל־נֶ֖פֶשׁ אֲשֶׁר־תֹּאכַ֣ל כָּל־דָּ֑ם וְנִכְרְתָ֛ה הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁ הַהִ֖וא מֵֽעַמֶּֽיהָ׃ פRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Leviticus 7:27
- Leviticus 7:20but the person who eats of the flesh of the sacrifice of the Lord's peace offerings while an uncleanness is on him, that person shall be cut off from his people.
- Hebrews 10:29How much worse punishment, do you think, will be deserved by the one who has trampled underfoot the Son of God, and has profaned the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has outraged the Spirit of grace?
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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