Leviticus 7:24

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.

Leviticus 7:24 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 7:24

And the fat of the beast that dieth of itself
Of any disease, and is not regularly killed:

and the fat of that which is torn with beasts;
with wild beasts:

may be used in any other use;
as in medicine, for plasters, or for making candles, or for greasing of anything to make it smooth and pliable, or the like:

but ye shall in no wise eat of it;
such carcasses themselves were not to be eaten of, and one would think their fat in course must be unlawful; but however, to prevent the doing of it, this particular law was given, and those that broke this were doubly guilty, as the Jews observe ^F13; once in eating things that died of themselves, or were torn with beasts, and again by eating the fat of them.

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FOOTNOTES:

F13 Maimon. Hilchot Maacolot Asurot, c. 7. sect. 2.

Leviticus 7:24 In-Context

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.

Footnotes

• [a] Or "and"
• [b] Literally "work"
• [c] Or "and"
• [d] Plural