New American Standard Bible 2020
Leviticus 7:26
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
24Also the fat of an animal which dies and the fat of an animal torn by animals may be put to any other use, but you certainly are not to eat it. 25For whoever eats the fat of the animal from which an offering by fire is offered to the Lord, the person who eats it shall also be cut off from his people. And you are not to eat any blood, either of bird or animal, in any of your dwellings. 27Any person who eats any blood, that person shall also be cut off from his people.’” 28Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
Read all of Leviticus 7Leviticus 7:26 word by word
וְכָל־דָּם֙ לֹ֣א תֹאכְל֔וּ בְּכֹ֖ל מוֹשְׁבֹתֵיכֶ֑ם לָע֖וֹף וְלַבְּהֵמָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Leviticus 7:26
- Leviticus 3:17It is a permanent statute throughout your generations in all your dwelling places: you shall not eat any fat or any blood.’”
- Leviticus 17:10‘And anyone from the house of Israel, or from the strangers who reside among them, who eats any blood, I will set My face against that person who eats the blood, and will cut him off from among his people.
- Genesis 9:4But you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood.
- 1 Samuel 14:33Then observers informed Saul, saying, “Look, the people are sinning against the Lord by eating meat with the blood.” And he said, “You have acted treacherously; roll a large rock to me today.”
- Ezekiel 33:25Therefore say to them, ‘This is what the Lord God says: “You eat meat with the blood in it, raise your eyes to your idols as you shed blood. Should you then possess the land?
- John 6:53So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in yourselves.
- Acts 15:20but that we write to them that they abstain from things contaminated by idols, from acts of sexual immorality, from what has been strangled, and from blood.
- Acts 15:29that you abstain from things sacrificed to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from acts of sexual immorality; if you keep yourselves free from such things, you will do well. Farewell.”
- Ephesians 1:7In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our wrongdoings, according to the riches of His grace
- 1 Timothy 4:4For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with gratitude;
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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Notes
- 1. Leviticus 7:26 Gen 9:4; Lev 17:10-16; 19:26; Deut 12:23; 1 Sam 14:33; Acts 15:20 ↩
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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