Leviticus 19:26

Leviticus 19:26 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times.
• New International Version (NIV)“ ‘Do not eat any meat with the blood still in it. “ ‘Do not practice divination or seek omens.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"You shall not eat any flesh with the blood in it. You shall not interpret omens or tell fortunes.
• New King James Version (NKJV)‘You shall not eat anything with the blood, nor shall you practice divination or soothsaying.

Context of Leviticus 19:26

24In the fourth year all the fruit will be a holy offering of praise to the Lord. 25In the fifth year you may eat the fruit. Do this to make the trees produce more for you. I am the Lord your God. “Never eat any meat with blood still in it. “Never cast evil spells, and never consult fortunetellers. 27“Never shave the hair on your foreheads, and never cut the edges of your beard. 28Never slash your body to mourn the dead, and never get a tattoo. I am the Lord.

Leviticus 19:26 word by word

לֹ֥א תֹאכְל֖וּ עַל־הַדָּ֑ם לֹ֥א תְנַחֲשׁ֖וּ וְלֹ֥א תְעוֹנֵֽנוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Ye shall not eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• with the bloodדָּםdâm · bloodH1818
• neither shall ye use enchantmentנָחַשׁnâchash · to divineH5172
• nor observe timesעָנַן‛ânan · to divineH6049

Cross-references for Leviticus 19:26

• Leviticus 3:17This is a permanent law for generations to come wherever you live: Never eat any fat or blood.”
• Leviticus 7:26“Never eat the blood of any bird or animal no matter where you live.
• Leviticus 17:10“If Israelites or foreigners eat any blood, I will condemn them and exclude them from the people,
• Deuteronomy 12:23However, be sure you never eat blood, because blood contains life. Never eat the life with the meat.
• Exodus 7:11Then Pharaoh sent for his wise men and sorcerers. These Egyptian magicians did the same thing using their magic spells.
• Exodus 8:7But the magicians did the same thing using their magic spells and brought frogs onto the land.
• 1 Samuel 15:23The sin of black magic is rebellion. Wickedness and idolatry are arrogance. Because you rejected the Lord’s word, he rejects you as king.”
• Jeremiah 10:2This is what the Lord says: Don’t learn the practices of the nations. Don’t be frightened by the signs in the sky because the nations are frightened by them.
• Daniel 2:10The astrologers answered the king, “No one on earth can tell the king what he asks. No other king, no matter how great and powerful, has ever asked such a thing of any magician, psychic, or astrologer.
• Malachi 3:5“I will come to judge you. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers, adulterers, lying witnesses, and those who cheat workers out of their wages and oppress widows and orphans. I will also testify against those who deprive foreigners of their rights. None of them fear me,” says the Lord of Armies.
• Deuteronomy 18:10You must never sacrifice your sons or daughters by burning them alive, practice black magic, be a fortuneteller, witch, or sorcerer,
• 2 Kings 17:17They sacrificed their sons and daughters by burning them alive. They practiced black magic and cast evil spells. They sold themselves by doing what the Lord considered evil, and they made him furious.
• 2 Kings 21:6He burned his son as a sacrifice, consulted fortunetellers, cast evil spells, and appointed ⌞royal⌟ mediums and psychics. He did many things that made the Lord furious.
• 2 Chronicles 33:6He burned his son as a sacrifice in the valley of Ben Hinnom, consulted fortunetellers, cast evil spells, practiced witchcraft, and appointed ⌞royal⌟ mediums and psychics. He did many things that made the Lord furious.

Commentaries on Leviticus 19:26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26Neither shall ye use enchantment - תנחשו לא lo thenachashu . Conjecture itself can do little towards a proper explanation of the terms used in this verse. נחש nachash ; See note at Genesis 3:1; (note), we translate serpent, and with very little propriety; but though the word may not signify a serpent in that place, it has that signification in others. Possibly, therefore, the superstition here prohibited may be what the Greeks called Ophiomanteia, or…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26-28Verses 26-28 Certain pagan customs, several of them connected with magic, are here grouped together. The prohibition to eat anything with the blood may indeed refer to the eating of meat which had not been properly bled in slaughtering (Leviticus 7:26; Leviticus 17:10, etc.): but it is not improbable that there may be a special reference to some sort of magical or idolatrous rites. Compare Ezekiel 33:25. Leviticus 19:26 Observe times - It is not clear…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 26blood: See study note on Leviticus 7:22–27. Priests could consult the Urim and Thummim (Exodus 28:30). They could also cast lots to decide cases not addressed in the laws Moses gave (Leviticus 16:8). But those who practiced fortune-telling or witchcraft consulted a power other than the Lord. The first commandment prohibited this (Exodus 20:3).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2626. shall not eat any thing with the blood--(See on Le 17:10). neither ... use enchantment, nor observe times--The former refers to divination by serpents--one of the earliest forms of enchantment, and the other means the observation, literally, of clouds, as a study of the appearance and motion of clouds was a common way of foretelling good or bad fortune. Such absurd but deep-rooted superstitions often put a stop to the prosecution of serious and…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Leviticus 19

• 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