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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”

Fat and Blood Prohibited

22 The Lord spoke to Moses: 23 “Tell the Israelites: You are not to eat any fat(A) of an ox, a sheep, or a goat. 24 The fat of an animal that dies naturally or is mauled by wild beasts[a](B) may be used for any other purpose, but you must not eat it.(C) 25 If anyone eats animal fat from a food offering presented to the Lord, the person who eats it is to be cut off from his people. 26 Wherever you live, you must not eat the blood(D) of any bird or animal. 27 Whoever eats any blood is to be cut off from his people.”

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Footnotes

  1. 7:24 Lit fat of a carcass or the fat of a mauled beast