Leviticus 7:22-27

Instructions for the People

22 Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

23 "Speak to the {Israelites}, saying, 'You must not eat any fat of ox, or sheep, or goat;

24 and a dead body's fat or mangled carcass's fat may be used for any {purpose}, but you certainly must not eat it.

25 When anyone eats fat from the domestic animal from which he presented an offering made by fire for Yahweh, then that person who ate shall be cut off from his people.

26 And in any of your dwellings, you must not eat any blood {belonging to} birds or domestic animals.

27 Any person who eats any blood, that person shall be cut off from his people.'"

Leviticus 7:22-27 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.

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "And"
• [b]. Literally "sons/children of Israel"
• [c]. Plural
• [d]. Or "and"
• [e]. Or "and"
• [f]. Or "and"
• [g]. Literally "work"
• [h]. Or "and"
• [i]. Plural
• [j]. Or "and"
• [k]. Or "the soul"
• [l]. Plural
• [m]. Literally "to/of"
• [n]. Hebrew "the bird"; generic article with a collective noun
• [o]. Or "and"
• [p]. Hebrew "the domestic animal"; generic article with a collective noun
• [q]. Or "any soul" or "all soul(s)"
• [r]. Or "and that soul"