Leviticus 7:24

and the fat of a carcass, and the fat of a torn thing, is prepared for any work, but you certainly do not eat it;

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

23“Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, You do not eat any fat of ox, and sheep, and goat;

25for whoever eats the fat of the beast, of which [one] brings near [as] a fire-offering to YHWH, indeed, the person who eats [it] has been cut off from his people.

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Cross References

Exodus 22:30so you do to your ox [and] to your sheep; it is with its mother [for] seven days, on the eighth day you give it to Me.

Leviticus 17:15And any person who eats a carcass or torn thing, among natives or among sojourners, has washed his garments and bathed with water, and been unclean until the evening—then he has been clean;

Deuteronomy 14:21You do not eat of any carcass; you give it to the sojourner who [is] within your gates, and he has eaten it; or sell [it] to a stranger; for you [are] a holy people to your God YHWH. You do not boil a kid in its mother’s milk.

Ezekiel 44:31The priests do not eat any carcass or torn thing, from the bird or from the beast.”

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 7:12-35

Law of the Peace-Offering. ( b. c. 1490.) 11 And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he shall offer unto the Lord . 12 If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour, fried. 13 Besides the cakes, he shall offer for his offering leavened bread with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offerings. 14 And of it he shall offer one… Read the whole commentary →

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