Leviticus 19:26 BSB

Leviticus 19:26

You must not eat anything with blood still in it. You must not practice divination or sorcery.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Ye shall not eat anything with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantments, nor practise augury.

KJV

Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times.

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Neither shall ye use enchantment - לא תנחשו lo thenachashu. Conjecture itself can do little towards a proper explanation of the terms used in this verse. נחש nachash; See note at Gen 3:1 (note), we translate serpent, and with very little propriety; but though the word may not signify a serpent in that place, it has that signification in others. Possibly, therefore, the superstition here prohibited may be what the Greeks called Ophiomanteia, or divination by serpents.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Eating upon the blood, as the Gentiles did, who gathered the blood of their sacrifices into a vessel for their demons (as they fancied) to drink, and then sat about it, eating the flesh themselves, signifying their communion with devils by their feasting with them.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
לֹ֥א	lo'	not	H3808 →
תֹאכְל֖וּ	to.khe.Lu	you must eat	H398 →
עַל־	'al-	with	H5921 →
הַדָּ֑ם	ha.Dam	the blood	H1818 →
לֹ֥א	lo'	not	H3808 →
תְנַחֲשׁ֖וּ	te.na.cha.Shu	you will practice divination	H5172 →
וְלֹ֥א	ve.Lo'	and not	H3808 →
תְעוֹנֵֽנוּ׃	te.'o.Ne.nu	you will practice soothsaying	H6049 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H1818hadamthe blood360×

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Kings 17:17
They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire and practiced divination and soothsaying. They devoted themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.
leads to
- 2 Kings 21:6
  He sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced sorcery and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 2 Kings 16:3
  Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even sacrificed his son in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Deuteronomy 12:23
Only be sure not to eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.
leads to
- Leviticus 17:11
  For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for your souls upon the altar; for it is the blood that makes atonement…
- Genesis 9:4
  But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it.
- Leviticus 17:13–14
  And if any Israelite or foreigner living among them hunts down a wild animal or bird that may be eaten, he must drain its blood and cover it with dirt.
Through
2 Kings 21:6
He sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced sorcery and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.
leads to
- Leviticus 19:31
  You must not turn to mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out, or you will be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Leviticus 18:21
  You must not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 2 Kings 17:17
  They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire and practiced divination and soothsaying. They devoted themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.

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The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Leviticus