Leviticus 7:19-29

19 Don't eat meat that has touched anything ritually unclean; burn it up. Any other meat can be eaten by those who are ritually clean.

20 But if you're not ritually clean and eat meat from the Peace-Offering for God, you will be excluded from the congregation.

21 And if you touch anything ritually unclean, whether human or animal uncleanness or an obscene object, and go ahead and eat from a Peace-Offering for God, you'll be excluded from the congregation."

22 God spoke to Moses,

23 "Speak to the People of Israel. Tell them, Don't eat any fat of cattle or sheep or goats.

24 The fat of an animal found dead or torn by wild animals can be put to some other purpose, but you may not eat it.

25 If you eat fat from an animal from which a gift has been presented to God, you'll be excluded from the congregation.

26 And don't eat blood, whether of birds or animals, no matter where you end up living.

27 If you eat blood you'll be excluded from the congregation."

28 God spoke to Moses,

29 "Speak to the People of Israel. Tell them: When you present a Peace-Offering to God, bring some of your Peace-Offering as a special sacrifice to God,

Leviticus 7:19-29 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO LEVITICUS 7

The several things contained in this chapter are the law of the trespass offering, Le 7:1-7 the portion the priests had in the burnt offerings and meat offerings, Le 7:8-10 the law of the peace offerings, whether by way of thanksgiving, or a vow, or voluntary oblation, Le 7:11-21 the prohibition of fat and blood, Le 7:22-27 the parts the priests should have in the peace offerings, the breast and right shoulder, Le 7:28-36 and the chapter is concluded with a recapitulation of the various things contained in this and the preceding chapters, Le 7:37,38.