Leviticus 7:23

23 "Tell the Israelites: You are not to eat any fat^[a] of an ox, a sheep, or a goat.

Leviticus 7:23 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 7:23

Speak unto the children of Israel, saying
Putting them in mind, by repeating to them the laws concerning fat and blood, ( Leviticus 3:17 )

ye shall eat no manner of fat;
of any creature fit for food, whose flesh otherwise may be eaten, and particularly

of ox, or of sheep, or of goats:
creatures used in sacrifice; though this is not to be restrained to such of them, and the fat of them that were sacrificed, whose fat was claimed by the Lord as his, and was burnt on his altar; but this is to be understood of the fat of these creatures when killed for their common use, for the food of them and their families; the fat even of these was not to be eaten; that which was not separated from the flesh, but mixed with it, might be eaten, but not that which was separated ^F12.

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 Bechai in Lev. 3. 17.

Leviticus 7:23 In-Context

21 If someone touches anything unclean, whether human uncleanness, an unclean animal, or any unclean, detestable creature, and eats meat from the Lord's fellowship sacrifice, that person must be cut off from his people."

22 The Lord spoke to Moses:

23 "Tell the Israelites: You are not to eat any fat of an ox, a sheep, or a goat.

24 The fat of an animal that dies naturally or is mauled by wild beasts may be used for any purpose, but you must not eat it.

25 If anyone eats animal fat from a fire offering presented to the Lord, the person who eats [it] must be cut off from his people.

Footnotes

• [a]. Lv 3:16-17