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 its fruit will be holy, praise offerings to the Lord. 25Then in the fifth year you may eat its fruit to add its produce to your harvest. I am the Lord your God. “‘You must not eat anything with the blood still in it. You must not practice either divination or soothsaying. 27You must not round off the corners of the hair on your head or ruin the corners of your beard. 28You must not slash your body for a dead person or incise a tattoo on yourself. 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 perpetual statute throughout your generations in all the places where you live: You must never eat any fat or any blood.’”
• Leviticus 7:26And you must not eat any blood of the birds or the domesticated land animals in any of the places where you live.
• Leviticus 17:10“‘Any man from the house of Israel or from the foreigners who reside in their midst who eats any blood, I will set my face against that person who eats the blood, and I will cut him off from the midst of his people,
• Deuteronomy 12:23However, by no means eat the blood, for the blood is life itself – you must not eat the life with the meat!
• Exodus 7:11Then Pharaoh also summoned wise men and sorcerers, and the magicians of Egypt by their secret arts did the same thing.
• Exodus 8:7The magicians did the same with their secret arts and brought up frogs on the land of Egypt too.
• 1 Samuel 15:23For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and presumption is like the evil of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, he has rejected you as king.”
• Jeremiah 10:2The Lord says, “Do not start following pagan religious practices. Do not be in awe of signs that occur in the sky even though the nations hold them in awe.
• Daniel 2:10The wise men replied to the king, “There is no man on earth who is able to disclose the king’s secret, for no king, regardless of his position and power, has ever requested such a thing from any magician, astrologer, or wise man.
• Malachi 3:5“I will come to you in judgment. I will be quick to testify against those who practice divination, those who commit adultery, those who break promises, and those who exploit workers, widows, and orphans, who refuse to help the immigrant and in this way show they do not fear me,” says the Lord who rules over all.
• Deuteronomy 18:10There must never be found among you anyone who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, anyone who practices divination, an omen reader, a soothsayer, a sorcerer,
• 2 Kings 17:17They passed their sons and daughters through the fire, and practiced divination and omen reading. They committed themselves to doing evil in the sight of the Lord and made him angry.
• 2 Kings 21:6He passed his son through the fire and practiced divination and omen reading. He set up a ritual pit to conjure up underworld spirits, and appointed magicians to supervise it. He did a great amount of evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger.
• 2 Chronicles 33:6He passed his sons through the fire in the Valley of Ben-Hinnom and practiced divination, omen reading, and sorcery. He set up a ritual pit to conjure up underworld spirits and appointed magicians to supervise it. He did a great amount of evil in the sight of the Lord and angered him.

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