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Leviticus 7:26
26“Never eat the blood of any bird or animal no matter where you live.
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 from an animal that dies naturally or is killed by wild animals you may use for any other purpose, but you must never eat it. 25Those who eat the fat from an animal which they sacrificed by fire to the Lord must be excluded from the people. “Never eat the blood of any bird or animal no matter where you live. 27Those who eat any blood must be excluded from the people.” 28The Lord spoke to Moses,
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וְכָל־דָּם֙ לֹ֣א תֹאכְל֔וּ בְּכֹ֖ל מוֹשְׁבֹתֵיכֶ֑ם לָע֖וֹף וְלַבְּהֵמָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Leviticus 7:26
- Leviticus 3:17This is a permanent law for generations to come wherever you live: Never eat any fat or blood.”
- Leviticus 17:10“If Israelites or foreigners eat any blood, I will condemn them and exclude them from the people,
- Genesis 9:4“But you are not to eat meat with blood in it. (Blood is life.)
- 1 Samuel 14:33Some ⌞soldiers⌟ told Saul, “The troops are sinning against the Lord by eating meat with blood in it.” Saul replied, “You have been unfaithful. Roll a large rock over to me now.”
- Ezekiel 33:25So tell them, ‘This is what the Almighty Lord says: You eat meat with blood in it. You look to your idols for help. You murder people. Should the land be given to you?
- John 6:53Jesus told them, “I can guarantee this truth: If you don’t eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you don’t have the source of life in you.
- Acts 15:20Instead, we should write a letter telling them to keep away from things polluted by false gods, from sexual sins, from eating the meat of strangled animals, and from eating bloody meat.
- Acts 15:29by keeping away from food sacrificed to false gods, from eating bloody meat, from eating the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual sins. If you avoid these things, you will be doing what’s right. Farewell!
- Ephesians 1:7Through the blood of his Son, we are set free from our sins. God forgives our failures because of his overflowing kindness.
- 1 Timothy 4:4Everything God created is good. Nothing should be rejected if it is received with prayers of thanks.
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
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