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

24But in the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy to praise the LORD with . 25And in the fifth year shall ye eat of its fruit, that it may yield to you its increase: I am the LORD your God. Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times. 27Ye shall not shave around the sides of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard. 28Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks upon you: I am the LORD.

Leviticus 19:26 word by word

לֹ֥א תֹאכְל֖וּ עַל־הַדָּ֑ם לֹ֥א תְנַחֲשׁ֖וּ וְלֹ֥א תְעוֹנֵֽנוּ׃Read the interlinear

• eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• bloodדָּםdâm · bloodH1818
• enchantmentנָחַשׁnâchash · to divineH5172
• timesעָנַן‛ânan · to divineH6049

Cross-references for Leviticus 19:26

• Leviticus 3:17It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.
• Leviticus 7:26Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings.
• Leviticus 17:10And whatever manthere may be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.
• Deuteronomy 12:23Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.
• Exodus 7:11Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments.
• Exodus 8:7And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt.
• 1 Samuel 15:23For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.
• Jeremiah 10:2Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.
• Daniel 2:10The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can reveal the king’s matter: therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that hath asked such things of any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean.
• Malachi 3:5And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.
• Deuteronomy 18:10There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,
• 2 Kings 17:17And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
• 2 Kings 21:6And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with mediums and wizards: he committed much wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
• 2 Chronicles 33:6And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a medium, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.

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