Leviticus 7:27

27 Anyone who eats blood must be cut off from their people.’ ”

Leviticus 7:27 in Other Translations

27 Whatsoever soul it be that eateth any manner of blood, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.

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

27 Anyone who consumes blood will be cut off from the community.”

27 If you eat blood you'll be excluded from the congregation."

27 Whoever eats any blood, that person must 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 Anyone who eats the fat of an animal from which a food offering may be presented to the LORD must be cut off from their people.

26 And wherever you live, you must not eat the blood of any bird or animal.

27 Anyone who eats blood must be cut off from their people.’ ”

28 The LORD said to Moses,

29 “Say to the Israelites: ‘Anyone who brings a fellowship offering to the LORD is to bring part of it as their sacrifice to the LORD.

Cross References

• 1. S Genesis 9:4; Leviticus 17:10-24; Acts 15:20,29