Leviticus 7:27

27 Whatever person it is that eats any manner of blood, that person shall be cut off from his people.

Leviticus 7:27 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 7:27

Whatsoever soul [it be] that eateth any manner of blood,
&c.] The Targum of Jonathan adds, of any living creature, that is, of any while it is alive; for the Jews always interpret the law in ( Genesis 9:4 ) of the member of a living creature torn off from it, and its flesh with the blood eaten directly:

even that soul shall be cut off from his people;
Maimonides ^F18 observes, that to some sorts of food cutting off is threatened, particularly to blood, because of the eager desire of men to eat it in those times, and because it precipitated them to a certain species of idolatry; he means that of the Zabians, of which (See Gill on Ezekiel 33:25) of the true reason of the prohibition of eating blood under the law, see ( Leviticus 17:10 )

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FOOTNOTES:

F18 Moreh Nevochim, par. 3. c. 41.

Leviticus 7:27 In-Context

25 For whosoever eats fat of an animal, of which an offering is made on fire unto the LORD, the person that eats it shall be cut off from his people.

26 Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it is of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings.

27 Whatever person it is that eats any manner of blood, that person shall be cut off from his people.

28 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,

29 Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, He that offers his sacrifice of peace unto the LORD shall bring his offering of the sacrifice of his peace unto the LORD;