Leviticus 7:26
24 The fat of an animal found dead or mauled by wild beasts may be used for any other purpose, but you must not eat it.
25 If anyone eats the fat of an animal from which an offering made by fire may be presented to the LORD, the one who eats it must be cut off from his people.
You must not eat the blood of any bird or animal in any of your dwellings.
27 If anyone eats blood, that person must be cut off from his people.’”
28 Then the LORD said to Moses,
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- You must not eat the blood of any bird or animal in any of your dwellings.
- KJV
- Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings.
- WEB
- You shall not eat any blood, whether it is of bird or of animal, in any of your dwellings.
- ASV
- And ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of bird or of beast, in any of your dwellings.
- DARBY
- And no blood shall ye eat in any of your dwellings, whether it be of fowl or of cattle.
- BLB
- And any blood you⁺ shall not eat in any of your⁺ dwellings, of the bird and of the beast.
- ÅB
- Og blod skal dere ikke spise, hverken av fugl eller fe, hvor dere så bor.
- OTB
- Og hvor dere enn bor, må dere ikke spise noe blod, enten av fugl eller dyr.
- B1930
- Og blod skal I ikke ete, hverken av fugl eller fe, hvor I så bor.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 9:4
But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it.
Read in contextLeviticus 3:17
This is a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live: You must not eat any fat or any blood.”
Read in contextActs 15:20
Instead, we should write and tell them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals, and from blood.
Read in contextLeviticus 17:10–14
If anyone from the house of Israel or a foreigner living among them eats any blood, I will set My face against that person and cut him off from among his people.
Read in context1 Samuel 14:33–34
Then someone reported to Saul: “Look, the troops are sinning against the LORD by eating meat with the blood still in it.” “You have broken faith,” said Saul. “Roll a large stone over here at once.”
Read in contextJohn 6:53
So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Son of Man, you have no life in you.
Read in contextEphesians 1:7
In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace
Read in contextActs 15:29
You must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things. Farewell.
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