Leviticus 3:17
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It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.This is a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live: You must not eat any fat or any blood.”
In other translations
It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.This is a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live: You must not eat any fat or any blood.”
Hebrew words
חֻקַּתchukata statute ofH2708עוֹלָםolamperpetuityH5769לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶםledoroteikhemto generations yourH1755בְּכֹלbekholin allH3605מוֹשְׁבֹתֵיכֶםmoshevoteikhemdwelling places yourH4186כָּל־kol-anyH3605חֵלֶבchelevfatH2459וְכָל־vekholand anyH3605דָּםdambloodH1818לֹאlo'notH3808תֹאכֵלוּ׃ פtokheluyou must eatH398
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Genesis 9:4But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it.
- Matthew 26:28For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
- Deuteronomy 15:23Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water.But you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.
- Leviticus 7:23Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no manner of fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat.“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘You are not to eat any of the fat of an ox, a sheep, or a goat.
- 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.Only be sure not to eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.
- Leviticus 3:16And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet savour: all the fat is the Lord’s.Then the priest is to burn the food on the altar as an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma. All the fat is the LORD’s.
- Leviticus 6:18All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations concerning the offerings of the Lord made by fire: every one that toucheth them shall be holy.Any male among the sons of Aaron may eat it. This is a permanent portion from the offerings made by fire to the LORD for the generations to come. Anything that touches them will become holy.”
- Leviticus 17:7And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations.They must no longer offer their sacrifices to the goat demons to which they have prostituted themselves. This will be a permanent statute for them for the generations to come.’
- Deuteronomy 12:16Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.but you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.
- Ezekiel 33:25Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land?Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You eat meat with the blood in it, lift up your eyes to your idols, and shed blood. Should you then possess the land?
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