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Leviticus 3:17

It shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings, that ye shall eat neither fat nor blood.

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In The King James Version

It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.

In Context

16And the priest shall burn them upon the altar. It is the food of the offering made by fire, for a sweet savor. All the fat is LORD's.

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Cross References

Genesis 9:4But flesh with the life of it, [which is] the blood of it, ye shall not eat.

Exodus 28:43And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they go in to the tent of meeting, or when they come near to the altar to minister in the holy place, that they not bear iniquity, and die. It shall be a statute forever to him

Leviticus 6:15And he shall take up his handful from it, of the fine flour of the meal-offering, and of the oil of it, and all the frankincense which is upon the meal-offering, and shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savor, as the memorial o

Leviticus 7:23Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no fat, of ox, or sheep, or goat.

Leviticus 7:26And ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of bird or of beast, in any of your dwellings.

Leviticus 10:9Drink no wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tent of meeting, that ye not die--it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations--

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 3:7-17

6 And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering unto the Lord be of the flock; male or female, he shall offer it without blemish. 7 If he offer a lamb for his offering, then shall he offer it before the Lord . 8 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron's sons shall sprinkle the blood thereof round about upon the altar. 9 And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire unto the Lord ; the fat… Read the whole commentary →

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