Leviticus 7:27

Leviticus 7:27 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Whatsoever soul it be that eateth any manner of blood, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.
• New International Version (NIV)Anyone who eats blood must be cut off from their people.’ ”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Whoever eats any blood, that person shall be cut off from his people."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Whoever eats any blood, that person shall be cut off from his people.’ ”

Context of Leviticus 7:27

25Anyone who eats fat from an animal presented as a special gift to the Lord will be cut off from the community. 26No matter where you live, you must never consume the blood of any bird or animal. Anyone who consumes blood will be cut off from the community.” 28Then the Lord said to Moses, 29“Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. When you present a peace offering to the Lord, bring part of it as a gift to the Lord.

Leviticus 7:27 word by word

כָּל־נֶ֖פֶשׁ אֲשֶׁר־תֹּאכַ֣ל כָּל־דָּ֑ם וְנִכְרְתָ֛ה הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁ הַהִ֖וא מֵֽעַמֶּֽיהָ׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Whatsoever soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: myselfH5315
• that eatethאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• any mannerכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• of bloodדָּםdâm · bloodH1818
• even that soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: personH5315
• shall be cut offכָּרַתkârath · to cut: eliminateH3772
• from his peopleעַם‛am · kinsmanH5971

Cross-references for Leviticus 7:27

• Leviticus 7:20If you are ceremonially unclean and you eat meat from a peace offering that was presented to the Lord, you will be cut off from the community.
• Hebrews 10:29Just think how much worse the punishment will be for those who have trampled on the Son of God, and have treated the blood of the covenant, which made us holy, as if it were common and unholy, and have insulted and disdained the Holy Spirit who brings God’s mercy to us.

Commentaries on Leviticus 7:27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27Whatsoever soul - that eateth any manner of blood - See Clarke's note on Genesis 9:4. Shall be cut off - excommunicated from the people of God, and so deprived of any part in their inheritance, and in their blessings. See Clarke's note on Genesis 17:14.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

Topics related to Leviticus 7:27

• Blood
• Church
• Sanitation

In the dictionaries

• Morrow
• Wave offerings
• Crime; Crimes
• Criticism
• Exodus, the Book of
• Genesis
• Law in the Old Testament
• Leviticus
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• Punishments

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