Leviticus 3:17

17 By a perpetual law for your generations, and in all your habitations: neither blood nor fat shall you eat at all.

Leviticus 3:17 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 3:17

[It shall be] a perpetual statute for your generations,
&c.] That is, unto the end of the Mosaic dispensation, until the Messiah comes, and his sacrifice is offered up, and his blood is shed, till that time in all generations: and

throughout all your dwellings;
wherever their habitations should be, it is a law to be observed:

that ye eat neither fat nor blood;
the Jewish writers think, that this is not to be restrained to the fat and blood of sacrifices, because these were not offered in their dwellings, but in the tabernacle and temple, and therefore interpret it of fat and blood in general; but what fat and blood are meant may be seen in ( Leviticus 7:23-27 ) the Targum of Jonathan adds,

``but upon the top of the altar it shall be offered to the name of the Lord,''

which seems to restrain it to the sacrifices.

Leviticus 3:17 In-Context

15 The two little kidneys with the caul that is upon them which is by the flanks, and the fat of the liver with the little kidneys.
16 And the priest shall burn them upon the altar, for the food of the fire, and of a most sweet savour. All the fat shall be the Lord’s.
17 By a perpetual law for your generations, and in all your habitations: neither blood nor fat shall you eat at all.
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