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22 Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 23 “Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘You shall not eat (A)any fat from an ox, a sheep, or a goat. 24 Also the fat of an animal which dies and the fat of an animal (B)torn by beasts may be put to any other use, but you must certainly not eat it. 25 For whoever eats the fat of the animal from which [a]an offering by fire is brought near to Yahweh, even the person who eats shall be cut off from his people. 26 (C)And you shall not eat any blood, either of bird or animal, in any of your places of habitation. 27 Any person who eats any blood, even that person shall be cut off from his people.’”

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 7:25 Lit he offers an offering by fire

Instructions for the People

22 Then[a] Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 23 “Speak to the Israelites,[b] saying, ‘You[c] must not eat any fat of ox, or[d] sheep, or[e] goat; 24 and a dead body’s fat or[f] mangled carcass’s fat may be used for any purpose,[g] but[h] you[i] certainly must not eat it. 25 When anyone eats fat from the domestic animal from which he presented an offering made by fire for Yahweh, then[j] that person[k] who ate shall be cut off from his people. 26 And in any of your[l] dwellings, you must not eat any blood belonging to[m] birds[n] or[o] domestic animals.[p] 27 Any person[q] who eats any blood, that person[r] shall be cut off from his people.’”

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 7:22 Or “And”
  2. Leviticus 7:23 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  3. Leviticus 7:23 Plural
  4. Leviticus 7:23 Or “and”
  5. Leviticus 7:23 Or “and”
  6. Leviticus 7:24 Or “and”
  7. Leviticus 7:24 Literally “work”
  8. Leviticus 7:24 Or “and”
  9. Leviticus 7:24 Plural
  10. Leviticus 7:25 Or “and”
  11. Leviticus 7:25 Or “the soul”
  12. Leviticus 7:26 Plural
  13. Leviticus 7:26 Literally “to/of”
  14. Leviticus 7:26 Hebrew “the bird”; generic article with a collective noun
  15. Leviticus 7:26 Or “and”
  16. Leviticus 7:26 Hebrew “the domestic animal”; generic article with a collective noun
  17. Leviticus 7:27 Or “any soul” or “all soul(s)”
  18. Leviticus 7:27 Or “and that soul”