Leviticus 3:17

+ 3:17. Lev 3:17 (#3.196): T. Not to eat fat / R. Not to eat certain fats of clean animals (such as ox, sheep, or goat) “‘It shall be a perpetual regulation throughout all your generations in all your dwellings, that you shall eat neither fat + 3:17. Lev 3:17 (#3.197): Not to eat blood of any kind / Note: The blood is the life (of the animal). Blood makes atonement because of the life (Lev 17:11) 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

16The priest shall burn them on the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire, for a pleasant aroma; all the fat is Adonai’s.

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Cross References

Genesis 9:4But flesh with its life, that is, its blood, you shall not eat.

Exodus 28:43They shall be on Aaron [Light-bringer], and on 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 don’t bear depravity (moral evil), and die: it shall be a regulation forever to him and to his offspring after him.

Leviticus 6:15He shall take from there his handful of the fine flour of the meal offering, and of its oil, and all the frankincense which is on the meal offering, and shall burn it on the altar for a pleasant aroma, as its memorial, to Adonai.

Leviticus 7:23“Speak to the children of Israel [God prevails], saying, ‘You shall eat no fat, of bull, or sheep, or goat.

Leviticus 7:26You shall not eat any blood, whether it is of bird or of animal, in any of your dwellings.

Leviticus 10:9+ 10:9. Lev 10:9 (Lev 10:9-11) (#2b.137): T. A wine-intoxicated Cohen ·Priest· shall not enter the Sanctuary / R. A Cohen ·Priest· must not enter the Temple intoxicated R. Some Rabbis apply this command as “any person must not enter the Temple intoxicated” not only to the Cohenim ·Priests· “You and your sons are not to drink wine or strong drink whenever you go into the Tent of Meeting, or you will die. This shall be a regulation forever throughout all 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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