Leviticus 7:26-36

26 Moreover, ¹you shall eat no blood whatever, whether of fowl or of animal, in any of your dwelling places.

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

28 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

29 "Speak to the people of Israel, saying, ²Whoever offers the sacrifice of his peace offerings to the LORD shall bring his offering to the LORD from the sacrifice of his peace offerings.

30 ³His own hands shall bring the LORD's food offerings. He shall bring the fat with ⁴the breast, that the breast may be waved as a wave offering before the LORD.

31 ⁵The priest shall burn the fat on the altar, but ⁶the breast shall be for Aaron and his sons.

32 And ⁷the right thigh you shall give to the priest as a contribution from the sacrifice of your peace offerings.

33 Whoever among the sons of Aaron offers the blood of the peace offerings and the fat shall have the right thigh for a portion.

34 For the breast that is ⁸waved and the thigh that is ⁹contributed I have taken from the people of Israel, out of the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and ¹⁰have given them to Aaron the priest and to his sons, as a perpetual due from the people of Israel.

35 This is the portion of Aaron and of his sons from the LORD's food offerings, from the day they were presented to serve as priests of the LORD.

36 The LORD commanded this to be given them by the people of Israel, ¹¹from the day that he anointed them. It is a perpetual due throughout their generations."

Leviticus 7:26-36 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.

Cross References

• 1. See Leviticus 3:17
• 2. Leviticus 3:1
• 3. Leviticus 3:3, 4, 9, 14
• 4. See Exodus 29:24
• 5. Leviticus 3:5, 11, 16
• 6. [Leviticus 9:21; Numbers 6:20]
• 7. [See ver. 31 above]
• 8. [See ver. 31 above]
• 9. [See ver. 31 above]
• 10. Exodus 29:28; Numbers 18:18, 19
• 11. Leviticus 8:12, 30; Exodus 40:13-15