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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/leviticus/7.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/leviticus/7.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />And wherever you live, you must not eat the blood of any bird or animal.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/leviticus/7.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />No matter where you live, you must never consume the blood of any bird or animal.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/7.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Moreover, you shall eat no blood whatever, whether of fowl or of animal, in any of your dwelling places.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/7.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />You must not eat the blood of any bird or animal in any of your dwellings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/7.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, <i>whether it be</i> of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/7.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Moreover you shall not eat any blood in any of your dwellings, <i>whether</i> of bird or beast.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/7.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And you are not to eat any blood, either of bird or animal, in any of your dwellings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/7.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216You are not to eat any blood, either of bird or animal, in any of your dwellings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/7.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘And you are not to eat any blood, either of bird or animal, in any of your dwellings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/7.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And you shall not eat any blood, either of bird or animal, in any of your <i>places of</i> habitation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/7.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Moreover, you are not to eat any blood [of any kind], whether of bird or animal, in any of your dwelling places.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/7.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Wherever you live, you must not eat the blood of any bird or animal.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/7.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Wherever you live, you must not eat the blood of any bird or animal. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/7.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of bird or of beast, in any of your dwellings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/leviticus/7.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />And no matter where you live, you must not eat the blood of any bird or animal, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/7.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/7.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"Never eat the blood of any bird or animal no matter where you live.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/7.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />No matter where the Israelites live, they must never use the blood of birds or animals for food. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/7.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />You are not to eat any form of blood in any of your dwellings, whether it's from birds or animals. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/7.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />You must not eat the blood of any bird or animal in any of your dwellings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/7.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />And you must not eat any blood of the birds or the domesticated land animals in any of the places where you live.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/7.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />You shall not eat any blood, whether it is of bird or of animal, in any of your dwellings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/7.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Moreover, ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/7.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />You shall not eat any blood, whether it is of bird or of animal, in any of your dwellings. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/7.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And you do not eat any blood in all your dwellings, of bird, or of beast;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/7.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'And any blood ye do not eat in all your dwellings, of fowl, or of beast;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/7.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And any blood ye shall not eat in any of your dwellings, of fowl, and of cattle.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/7.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Moreover you shall not eat the blood of any creature whatsoever, whether of birds or beasts. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/7.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Likewise, you shall not take as food the blood of any animals at all, whether of birds or beasts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/7.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Wherever you dwell, you shall not eat any blood, whether of bird or of animal.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/7.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />You must not eat any blood whatever, either of bird or of animal, in any of your settlements.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/7.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Moreover you shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/7.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And you shall eat no blood in any house of your dwellings, of bird or beast.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/7.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/7.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Ye shall eat no blood in all your habitations, either of beasts or of birds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/7-26.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=1529" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/7.htm">Fat and Blood Forbidden</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">25</span>If anyone eats the fat of an animal from which an offering made by fire may be presented to the LORD, the one who eats it must be cut off from his people. <span class="reftext">26</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: wə·ḵāl (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">You must not</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: ṯō·ḵə·lū (V-Qal-Imperf-2mp) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">eat</a> <a href="/hebrew/1818.htm" title="1818: dām (N-ms) -- Blood. From damam; blood of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively bloodshed.">the blood</a> <a href="/hebrew/5775.htm" title="5775: lā·‘ō·wp̄ (Prep-l, Art:: N-ms) -- Flying creatures. From uwph; a bird, often collectively.">of any bird</a> <a href="/hebrew/929.htm" title="929: wə·lab·bə·hê·māh (Conj-w, Prep-l, Art:: N-fs) -- A beast, animal, cattle. From an unused root; properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal.">or animal</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: bə·ḵōl (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">in any</a> <a href="/hebrew/4186.htm" title="4186: mō·wō·šə·ḇō·ṯê·ḵem (N-mpc:: 2mp) -- Or moshab; from yashab; a seat; figuratively, a site; abstractly, a session; by extension an abode; by implication, population.">of your dwellings.</a> </span><span class="reftext">27</span>If anyone eats blood, that person must be cut off from his people.’ ”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/9-4.htm">Genesis 9:4</a></span><br />But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-16.htm">Deuteronomy 12:16</a></span><br />but you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-23.htm">Deuteronomy 12:23</a></span><br />Only be sure not to eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/15-23.htm">Deuteronomy 15:23</a></span><br />But you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/15-20.htm">Acts 15:20</a></span><br />Instead, 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/15-29.htm">Acts 15:29</a></span><br />You must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things. Farewell.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/17-10.htm">Leviticus 17:10-14</a></span><br />If 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. / 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 for the soul. / Therefore I say to the Israelites, ‘None of you may eat blood, nor may any foreigner living among you eat blood.’ ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/19-26.htm">Leviticus 19:26</a></span><br />You must not eat anything with blood still in it. You must not practice divination or sorcery.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/14-32.htm">1 Samuel 14:32-34</a></span><br />So 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. / Then someone reported to Saul: “Look, the troops are sinning against the LORD by eating meat with the blood still in it.” “You have broken faith,” said Saul. “Roll a large stone over here at once.” / Then he said, “Go among the troops and tell them, ‘Each man must bring me his ox or his sheep, slaughter them in this place, and then eat. Do not sin against the LORD by eating meat with the blood still in it.’” So that night everyone brought his ox and slaughtered it there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/33-25.htm">Ezekiel 33:25</a></span><br />Therefore 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?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/21-25.htm">Acts 21:25</a></span><br />As for the Gentile believers, we have written to them our decision that they must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/9-3.htm">Genesis 9:3-5</a></span><br />Everything that lives and moves will be food for you; just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you all things. / But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it. / And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/14-21.htm">Deuteronomy 14:21</a></span><br />You are not to eat any carcass; you may give it to the foreigner residing within your gates, and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a holy people belonging to the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-20.htm">1 Corinthians 10:20-21</a></span><br />No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons. / You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot partake in the table of the Lord and the table of demons too.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/44-7.htm">Ezekiel 44:7</a></span><br />In addition to all your other abominations, you brought in foreigners uncircumcised in both heart and flesh to occupy My sanctuary; you defiled My temple when you offered My food—the fat and the blood; you broke My covenant.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Moreover you shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings.</p><p class="hdg">ye shall eat.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/3-17.htm">Leviticus 3:17</a></b></br> <i>It shall be</i> a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/17-10.htm">Leviticus 17:10-14</a></b></br> And whatsoever man <i>there be</i> of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/9-4.htm">Genesis 9:4</a></b></br> But flesh with the life thereof, <i>which is</i> the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/7-25.htm">Animal</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-25.htm">Beast</a> <a href="/genesis/15-10.htm">Bird</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-14.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-23.htm">Cattle</a> <a href="/leviticus/3-17.htm">Dwellings</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-24.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/leviticus/1-10.htm">Either</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-25.htm">Food</a> <a href="/leviticus/1-14.htm">Fowl</a> <a href="/leviticus/3-17.htm">Houses</a> <a href="/exodus/33-20.htm">Live</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-23.htm">Manner</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-21.htm">Moreover</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-27.htm">Whatever</a> <a href="/leviticus/3-17.htm">Wherever</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-21.htm">Whether</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/11-3.htm">Animal</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-2.htm">Beast</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-46.htm">Bird</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-27.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-46.htm">Cattle</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-3.htm">Dwellings</a> <a href="/leviticus/8-31.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/leviticus/10-1.htm">Either</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-27.htm">Food</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-13.htm">Fowl</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-55.htm">Houses</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-2.htm">Live</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-27.htm">Manner</a> <a href="/leviticus/8-35.htm">Moreover</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-27.htm">Whatever</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-12.htm">Wherever</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-9.htm">Whether</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 7</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/7-1.htm">The law of the trespass offering</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/7-11.htm">and of the peace offering</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/7-12.htm">whether it be for a thanksgiving</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/7-16.htm">or a vow, or a free will offering</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/7-22.htm">the fat and the blood are forbidden</a></span><br><span class="reftext">28. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/7-28.htm">The priests' portion in the peace offerings</a></span><br><span class="reftext">35. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/7-35.htm">The whole summed up</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This command underscores the belief that life belongs to God, and thus, blood, as the life force, should not be consumed. The restriction also sets the Israelites apart from surrounding pagan cultures, which often included blood consumption in their rituals. This command foreshadows the New Testament teaching on the blood of Christ, which is central to the atonement and salvation (<a href="/hebrews/9-22.htm">Hebrews 9:22</a>).<p><b>of any bird or animal</b><br>This phrase extends the prohibition to all creatures, not just specific types, indicating the comprehensive nature of the command. It reflects the broader dietary laws given to Israel, which were intended to maintain ritual purity and distinguish the Israelites from other nations. The inclusion of both birds and animals suggests a universal application, reinforcing the idea that all life is sacred. This can be seen as a precursor to the New Testament's emphasis on spiritual purity and the sanctity of life (<a href="/acts/15-20.htm">Acts 15:20</a>).<p><b>in any of your dwellings.</b><br>The command applies to all places where the Israelites live, not just within the confines of the tabernacle or temple. This indicates that the law is not merely a ritualistic requirement but a lifestyle mandate, affecting daily living. It highlights the importance of obedience to God's commands in every aspect of life, not just in religious settings. This principle is echoed in the New Testament, where believers are called to live holy lives in all circumstances (<a href="/1_peter/1-15.htm">1 Peter 1:15-16</a>). The phrase also suggests a communal responsibility, as the entire community is to uphold these standards, reflecting the collective identity of God's people.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The prophet and leader of the Israelites who received the laws from God, including the dietary laws found in Leviticus.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The chosen people of God to whom the laws in Leviticus were given, including the prohibition against consuming blood.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_tabernacle.htm">The Tabernacle</a></b><br>The central place of worship for the Israelites where sacrifices were made, and where the laws were taught and upheld.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/c/canaan.htm">Canaan</a></b><br>The land promised to the Israelites, where they were to live according to God's laws, including dietary restrictions.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/p/priests.htm">Priests</a></b><br>The descendants of Aaron who were responsible for teaching and enforcing the laws, including those concerning dietary practices.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_sanctity_of_blood.htm">The Sanctity of Blood</a></b><br>Blood is considered sacred because it represents life. In the sacrificial system, it was used for atonement, symbolizing the life given to cover sin.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_commands.htm">Obedience to God's Commands</a></b><br>The prohibition against consuming blood is a call to obedience, reflecting a heart willing to follow God's instructions even in dietary matters.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/respect_for_life.htm">Respect for Life</a></b><br>By abstaining from blood, believers are reminded of the value of life and the importance of respecting God's creation.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/continuity_of_god's_law.htm">Continuity of God's Law</a></b><br>The command not to consume blood is consistent throughout Scripture, showing the unchanging nature of God's moral and spiritual principles.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/holiness_in_daily_living.htm">Holiness in Daily Living</a></b><br>Observing dietary laws was a daily reminder for the Israelites to live set apart for God, a principle that applies to Christians in living distinctively holy lives.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_7.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 7</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_amos_teach_about_justice.htm">What does 'ceremonially unclean' mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_leviticus_3_17_conflict_with_science.htm">Does the strict prohibition against consuming blood (Leviticus 3:17) conflict with scientific findings and modern dietary practices?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_'lamb_of_god'_fit_ot_laws.htm">How does calling Jesus 'the Lamb of God' who removes sin (John 1:29) fit with conflicting Old Testament sacrificial laws?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_lev._7_22-27_align_with_health_data.htm">Leviticus 7:22-27: Does the prohibition on eating fat and blood align with known health concerns or conflict with current dietary research?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/7.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(26) <span class= "bld">Moreover ye shall eat. . . . --</span>Better, <span class= "ital">and ye shall eat no blood in all your dwellings. </span>That is, this law is binding upon the Israelites wherever they may dwell. (See <a href="/leviticus/3-17.htm" title="It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that you eat neither fat nor blood.">Leviticus 3:17</a>.)<p><span class= "bld">Whether it be of fowl or of beast.</span>--It extends to all fowls and quadrupeds, whether they are legally prescribed as sacrifices or not; but not to fishes, locusts, creeping things, &c., which are not prescribed in the dietary laws as unclean.<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/7-26.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">You must not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">eat</span><br /><span class="heb">תֹאכְל֔וּ</span> <span class="translit">(ṯō·ḵə·lū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> </span><span class="str2">To eat</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the blood</span><br /><span class="heb">דָּם֙</span> <span class="translit">(dām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1818.htm">Strong's 1818: </a> </span><span class="str2">Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of any</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּכֹ֖ל</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḵōl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">bird</span><br /><span class="heb">לָע֖וֹף</span> <span class="translit">(lā·‘ō·wp̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5775.htm">Strong's 5775: </a> </span><span class="str2">Flying creatures</span><br /><br /><span class="word">or animal</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלַבְּהֵמָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lab·bə·hê·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_929.htm">Strong's 929: </a> </span><span class="str2">A dumb beast, any large quadruped, animal</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in any</span><br /><span class="heb">וְכָל־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḵāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of your dwellings.</span><br /><span class="heb">מוֹשְׁבֹתֵיכֶ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(mō·wō·šə·ḇō·ṯê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4186.htm">Strong's 4186: </a> </span><span class="str2">A seat, assembly, dwelling place, dwelling, dwellers</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/7-26.htm">Leviticus 7:26 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/7-26.htm">Leviticus 7:26 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/7-26.htm">Leviticus 7:26 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/7-26.htm">Leviticus 7:26 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/7-26.htm">Leviticus 7:26 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/7-26.htm">Leviticus 7:26 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/7-26.htm">Leviticus 7:26 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/7-26.htm">Leviticus 7:26 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/7-26.htm">Leviticus 7:26 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/7-26.htm">Leviticus 7:26 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/7-26.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 7:26 You shall not eat any blood whether (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/7-25.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 7:25"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 7:25" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/7-27.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 7:27"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 7:27" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>