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Leviticus 3:17

This is a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live: You must not eat any fat or any blood.”

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ASV

It shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings, that ye shall eat neither fat nor blood.

KJV

It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.

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11 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
חֻקַּ֤תchu.Kata statute ofH2708 →
עוֹלָם֙o.LamperpetuityH5769 →
לְדֹרֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔םle.do.Ro.tei.Khemto generations yourH1755 →
בְּכֹ֖לbe.Kholin allH3605 →
מֽוֹשְׁבֹתֵיכֶ֑םmo.she.vo.tei.Khemdwelling places yourH4186 →
כָּל־kol-anyH3605 →
חֵ֥לֶבChe.levfatH2459 →
וְכָל־ve.kholand anyH3605 →
דָּ֖םdambloodH1818 →
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808 →
תֹאכֵֽלוּ׃ פto.Khe.luyou must eatH398 →

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Genesis 9:4But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it.Leviticus 17:10If anyone from the house of Israel or a foreigner living among them eats any blood, I will set My face against that person and cut him off from among his people.Matthew 26:28This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.Deuteronomy 15:23But you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.Acts 15:20Instead, we should write and tell them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals, and from blood.Deuteronomy 12:23Only be sure not to eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.Leviticus 7:23“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘You are not to eat any of the fat of an ox, a sheep, or a goat.Leviticus 6:18Any male among the sons of Aaron may eat it. This is a permanent portion from the offerings made by fire to the LORD for the generations to come. Anything that touches them will become holy.”Leviticus 3:16Then the priest is to burn the food on the altar as an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma. All the fat is the LORD’s.Leviticus 17:7They must no longer offer their sacrifices to the goat demons to which they have prostituted themselves. This will be a permanent statute for them for the generations to come.’Deuteronomy 12:16but you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.1 Samuel 14:32So they rushed greedily to the plunder, taking sheep, cattle, and calves. They slaughtered them on the ground and ate meat with the blood still in it.Exodus 27:21In the Tent of Meeting, outside the veil that is in front of the Testimony, Aaron and his sons are to tend the lamps before the LORD from evening until morning. This is to be a permanent statute for the Israelites for the generations to come.Deuteronomy 32:14with curds from the herd and milk from the flock, with the fat of lambs, with rams from Bashan, and goats, with the choicest grains of wheat. From the juice of the finest grapes you drank the wine.Leviticus 23:14You must not eat any bread or roasted or new grain until the very day you have brought this offering to your God. This is to be a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live.Ephesians 1:7In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His graceEzekiel 44:15But the Levitical priests, who are descended from Zadok and who kept charge of My sanctuary when the Israelites went astray from Me, are to approach Me to minister before Me. They will stand before Me to offer Me fat and blood, declares the Lord GOD.Ezekiel 33:25Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You eat meat with the blood in it, lift up your eyes to your idols, and shed blood. Should you then possess the land?

About Leviticus

Moses and Aaron Appear before Pharaoh — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Moses and Aaron Appear before Pharaoh — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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