22 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 23 “Speak to the people of Israel, saying, (A)You shall eat no fat, of ox or sheep or goat. 24 The fat of an animal (B)that dies of itself and the fat of one that is torn by beasts may be put to any other use, but on no account shall you eat it. 25 For every person who eats of the fat of an animal of which a food offering may be made to the Lord shall be cut off from his people. 26 Moreover, (C)you shall eat no blood whatever, whether of fowl or of animal, in any of your dwelling places. 27 Whoever eats any blood, that person shall be cut off from his people.”

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Sacrificial Instructions for the Common People: Fat and Blood

22 Then the Lord spoke to Moses:[a] 23 “Tell the Israelites, ‘You must not eat any fat of an ox, sheep, or goat. 24 Moreover, the fat of an animal that has died of natural causes[b] and the fat of an animal torn by beasts may be used for any other purpose,[c] but you must certainly never eat it. 25 If anyone eats fat from the animal from which he presents a gift to the Lord, that person will be cut off from his people.[d] 26 And you must not eat any blood of the birds or of the domesticated land animals in any of the places where you live.[e] 27 Any person who eats any blood—that person will be cut off from his people.’”[f]

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Notas al pie

  1. Leviticus 7:22 sn See the note on Lev 6:8 [6:1 HT] above.
  2. Leviticus 7:24 tn Heb “carcass,” referring to the carcass of an animal that has died on its own, not the carcass of an animal slaughtered for sacrifice or killed by wild beasts. This has been clarified in the translation by supplying the phrase “of natural causes”; cf. NAB, TEV “that has died a natural death.”
  3. Leviticus 7:24 tn Heb “shall be used for any work”; cf. NIV, NLT “may be used for any other purpose.”
  4. Leviticus 7:25 sn See the note on Lev 7:20.
  5. Leviticus 7:26 tn Heb “and any blood you must not eat in any of your dwelling places, to the bird and to the animal.”
  6. Leviticus 7:27 sn See the note on Lev 7:20.