New English Translation
Leviticus 7:24
24Moreover, the fat of an animal that has died of natural causes and the fat of an animal torn by beasts may be used for any other purpose, but you must certainly never eat it.
Leviticus 7:24 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the fat of the beast that dieth of itself, and the fat of that which is torn with beasts, may be used in any other use: but ye shall in no wise eat of it.
- New International Version (NIV)The fat of an animal found dead or torn by wild animals may be used for any other purpose, but you must not eat it.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The fat of an animal that dies of itself and the fat of one that is torn by beasts may be put to any other use, but on no account shall you eat it.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And the fat of an animal that dies naturally, and the fat of what is torn by wild beasts, may be used in any other way; but you shall by no means eat it.
Context of Leviticus 7:24
22Then the Lord spoke to Moses: 23“Tell the Israelites, ‘You must not eat any fat of an ox, sheep, or goat. Moreover, the fat of an animal that has died of natural causes and the fat of an animal torn by beasts may be used for any other purpose, but you must certainly never eat it. 25If anyone eats fat from the animal from which he presents a gift to the Lord, that person will be cut off from his people. 26And you must not eat any blood of the birds or the domesticated land animals in any of the places where you live.
Read all of Leviticus 7Leviticus 7:24 word by word
וְחֵ֤לֶב נְבֵלָה֙ וְחֵ֣לֶב טְרֵפָ֔ה יֵעָשֶׂ֖ה לְכָל־מְלָאכָ֑ה וְאָכֹ֖ל לֹ֥א תֹאכְלֻֽהוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And the fatחֵ֫לֶבcheleb chêleb · fatH2459
- of the beast that dieth of itselfנְבֵלָהnebêlâh · carcassH5038
- of that which is torn with beastsטְרֵפָהţerêphâh · torn animalH2966
- may be usedעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
- in any other useמְלָאכָהmelâ'kâh · workH4399
- but ye shall in no wiseאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
Cross-references for Leviticus 7:24
- Leviticus 17:15“‘Any person who eats an animal that has died of natural causes or an animal torn by beasts, whether a native citizen or a foreigner, must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening; then he becomes clean.
- Leviticus 22:8He must not eat an animal that has died of natural causes or an animal torn by beasts and thus become unclean by it. I am the Lord.
- Exodus 22:31“You will be holy people to me; you must not eat any meat torn by animals in the field. You must throw it to the dogs.
- Deuteronomy 14:21You may not eat any corpse, though you may give it to the resident foreigner who is living in your villages and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. You are a people holy to the Lord your God. Do not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.
- Ezekiel 4:14And I said, “Ah, sovereign Lord, I have never been ceremonially defiled before. I have never eaten a carcass or an animal torn by wild beasts; from my youth up, unclean meat has never entered my mouth.”
- Ezekiel 44:31The priests will not eat any bird or animal that has died a natural death or was torn to pieces by a wild animal.
Commentaries on Leviticus 7:24
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24Compare Leviticus 11:39.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. 24Animals found dead had not been drained of their blood and were therefore unclean. Their fat was unfit to offer to the Lord and the Israelites could not eat it. But people could use it for other purposes, such as greasing cart axles, waterproofing animal hides, and other household uses.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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