Leviticus 7:22-27 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Ye shall eat no manner of fat. The prohibition, though at first sight absolute, is by the context restricted to the fatty portions of the sacrificial beasts, specified in a previous chapter (Leviticus 3:3-4; Leviticus 3:9: cf. Genesis 4:4); and in regard to such cattle as had died from disease, or had been mangled by beasts of prey, the fat, though unfit, through defilement, to be eaten (Leviticus 17:15; Leviticus 22:8), might be used in various other ways.

Verse 26. Ye shall eat no manner of blood ... of fowl or of beast. This prohibition rests on the same ground as that regarding fat (Leviticus 17:10-11: cf. Genesis 9:4).

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Leviticus 7:22-27

22 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

23 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no manner of fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat.

24 And the fat of the beast that dieth of itself, and the fat of that which is torn with beasts,b may be used in any other use: but ye shall in no wise eat of it.

25 For whosoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which men offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, even the soul that eateth it shall be cut off from his people.

26 Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings.

27 Whatsoever soul it be that eateth any manner of blood, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.