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class="clickchap2" title="Lexicon"> Heb </a> </div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div 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 />Anyone who eats the fat of an animal from which a food offering may be presented to the LORD must be cut off from their people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/leviticus/7.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Anyone who eats fat from an animal presented as a special gift to the LORD will be cut off from the community.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/7.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/7.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />If anyone eats the fat of an animal from which a food offering may be presented to the LORD, the one who eats it must be cut off from his people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/7.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />For whosoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which men offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, even the soul that eateth <i>it</i> shall be cut off from his people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/7.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For whoever eats the fat of the animal of which men offer an offering made by fire to the LORD, the person who eats <i>it</i> shall be cut off from his people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/7.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />For whoever eats the fat of the animal from which an offering by fire is offered to the LORD, the person who eats <i>it</i> shall also be cut off from his people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/7.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216For whoever eats the fat of the animal from which an offering by fire is offered to the LORD, even the person who eats shall be cut off from his people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/7.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘For whoever eats the fat of the animal from which an offering by fire is offered to the LORD, even the person who eats shall be cut off from his people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/7.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />For whoever eats the fat of the animal from which an offering by fire is brought near to Yahweh, even the person who eats shall be cut off from his people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/7.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />For whoever eats the fat of the animal from which an offering by fire is presented to the LORD, that person who eats shall be cut off from his people [excluding him from the atonement made for them].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/7.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/7.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />If anyone eats animal fat from a fire offering presented to the LORD, the person who eats it must be cut off from his people. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/7.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For whosoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which men offer an offering made by fire unto Jehovah, even the soul that eateth it shall be cut off from his people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/leviticus/7.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />If you eat the fat of an animal that can be used as a sacrifice to me, you will no longer belong to the community of Israel. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/7.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For whosoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which men offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, even the soul that eateth it shall be cut off from his people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/7.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Those who eat the fat from an animal which they sacrificed by fire to the LORD must be excluded from the people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/7.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Anyone who eats the fat of an animal that may be offered as a food offering to the LORD will no longer be considered one of God's people. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/7.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Anyone who eats the fat of an animal that has been offered by fire to the LORD is to be eliminated from contact with his people. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/7.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />If anyone eats the fat of an animal from which a food offering may be presented to the LORD, the one who eats it must be cut off from his people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/7.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/7.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />For whoever eats the fat of the animal, of which men offer an offering made by fire to the LORD, even the soul who eats it shall be cut off from his people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/7.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For whoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which men offer an offering made by fire to the LORD, even the soul that eateth it shall be cut off from his people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/7.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />For whoever eats the fat of the animal which men offer as an offering made by fire to Yahweh, even the soul who eats it shall be cut off from his people. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/7.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />for whoever eats the fat of the beast, of which [one] brings near [as] a fire-offering to YHWH, indeed, the person who eats [it] has been cut off from his people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/7.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> for whoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which one bringeth near a fire-offering to Jehovah, even the person who eateth hath been cut off from his people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/7.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For every one eating the fat from the cattle that will be brought from it, a sacrifice to Jehovah, and the soul eating was cut off from its people.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/7.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />If any man eat the fat that should be offered for the burnt sacrifice of the Lord, he shall perish out of his people. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/7.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />If anyone will have eaten the fat which ought to be offered as a burnt sacrifice of the Lord, he shall perish from his people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/7.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />If anyone eats the fat of an animal from which an oblation is made to the LORD, that person shall be cut off from the people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/7.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />If any one of you eats the fat from an animal of which an offering by fire may be made to the LORD, you who eat it shall be cut off from your kin.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/7.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For whosoever eats the fat of the animal of which men offer an offering made by fire to the LORD, the person that eats it shall be cut off from his people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/7.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Because whoever may eat fat of an animal which is brought as an offering to LORD JEHOVAH, that soul which ate will be cut off from its people.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/7.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />For whosoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which men present an offering made by fire unto the LORD, even the soul that eateth it shall be cut off from his people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/7.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Every one that eats fat off the beasts, from which he will bring a burnt-offering to the Lord - that soul shall perish from his people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/7-25.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=1519" 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">24</span>The fat of an animal found dead or mauled by wild beasts may be used for any other purpose, but you must not eat it. <span class="reftext">25</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">If</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">anyone</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: ’ō·ḵêl (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">eats</a> <a href="/hebrew/2459.htm" title="2459: ḥê·leḇ (N-ms) -- Or cheleb; from an unused root meaning to be fat; fat, whether literally or figuratively; hence, the richest or choice part.">the fat</a> <a href="/hebrew/929.htm" title="929: hab·bə·hê·māh (Art:: N-fs) -- A beast, animal, cattle. From an unused root; properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal.">of an animal</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: min- (Prep) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">from which</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: mim·men·nāh (Prep:: 3fs) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses."></a> <a href="/hebrew/801.htm" title="801: ’iš·šeh (N-ms) -- The same as 'eshshah, but used in a liturgical sense; properly, a burnt-offering; but occasionally of any sacrifice.">an offering made by fire</a> <a href="/hebrew/7126.htm" title="7126: yaq·rîḇ (V-Hifil-Imperf-3ms) -- To come near, approach. A primitive root; to approach for whatever purpose.">may be presented</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">to the LORD,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: han·ne·p̄eš (Art:: N-fs) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense.">the one</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: hā·’ō·ḵe·leṯ (Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-fs) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">who eats it</a> <a href="/hebrew/3772.htm" title="3772: wə·niḵ·rə·ṯāh (Conj-w:: V-Nifal-ConjPerf-3fs) -- To cut off, cut down. A primitive root; to cut; by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant.">must be cut off</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: mê·‘am·me·hā (Prep-m:: N-mpc:: 3fs) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">from his people.</a> </span><span class="reftext">26</span>You must not eat the blood of any bird or animal in any of your dwellings.…<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="/leviticus/3-17.htm">Leviticus 3:17</a></span><br />This is a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live: You must not eat any fat or any blood.”<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="/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 12:23-25</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. / You must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water. / Do not eat it, so that it may go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is right in the eyes of the LORD.<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="/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="/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="/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/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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/44-31.htm">Ezekiel 44:31</a></span><br />The priests may not eat any bird or animal found dead or torn by wild beasts.<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="/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="/romans/14-20.htm">Romans 14:20-21</a></span><br />Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to let his eating be a stumbling block. / It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything to cause your brother to stumble.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/8-7.htm">1 Corinthians 8:7-13</a></span><br />But not everyone has this knowledge. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that they eat such food as if it were sacrificed to an idol. And since their conscience is weak, it is defiled. / But food does not bring us closer to God: We are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do. / Be careful, however, that your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For whoever eats the fat of the beast, of which men offer an offering made by fire to the LORD, even the soul that eats it shall be cut off from his people.</p><p class="hdg">shall be cut off</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/7-21.htm">Leviticus 7:21</a></b></br> Moreover the soul that shall touch any unclean <i>thing, as</i> the uncleanness of man, or <i>any</i> unclean beast, or any abominable unclean <i>thing</i>, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which <i>pertain</i> unto the LORD, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/7-24.htm">Animal</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-24.htm">Beast</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-21.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-19.htm">Eaten</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-20.htm">Eateth</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-21.htm">Eats</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-24.htm">Fat</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-19.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-5.htm">Fire-Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-24.htm">Food</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-14.htm">Offer</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-18.htm">Offered</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-20.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-20.htm">Peoples</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-14.htm">Present</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-21.htm">Soul</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/7-26.htm">Animal</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-26.htm">Beast</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-27.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/leviticus/10-17.htm">Eaten</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-27.htm">Eateth</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-27.htm">Eats</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-30.htm">Fat</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-30.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/leviticus/8-28.htm">Fire-Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-26.htm">Food</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-31.htm">Offer</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-33.htm">Offered</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-29.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-27.htm">Peoples</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-37.htm">Present</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-27.htm">Soul</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 prohibition underscores the importance of offering the best to God, reflecting the principle of giving God the first and finest. The fat was often associated with abundance and richness, symbolizing the honor due to God.<p><b>from which a food offering may be presented to the LORD,</b><br>The food offerings, or sacrifices, were central to Israelite worship and included burnt offerings, peace offerings, and sin offerings. These offerings were a means of atonement and fellowship with God. The specific mention of animals suitable for offerings highlights the sacredness of these acts and the need for obedience in worship practices.<p><b>the one who eats it must be cut off from his people.</b><br>Being "cut off" implies a severe consequence, often understood as excommunication or even death. This reflects the seriousness of maintaining holiness and purity within the community. It emphasizes the communal responsibility to uphold God's commands and the need for individual accountability. This phrase also foreshadows the New Testament's emphasis on church discipline and purity within the body of Christ, as seen in passages like <a href="/1_corinthians/5.htm">1 Corinthians 5</a>.<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 instructions 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.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/tabernacle.htm">Tabernacle</a></b><br>The place where offerings were made to the LORD, central to the worship and sacrificial system of the Israelites.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/p/priests.htm">Priests</a></b><br>The descendants of Aaron who were responsible for performing the sacrifices and maintaining the holiness of the Tabernacle.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/o/offerings.htm">Offerings</a></b><br>Sacrifices made to God, which included burnt offerings, peace offerings, and others, as outlined in Leviticus.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/h/holiness_and_obedience.htm">Holiness and Obedience</a></b><br>The command to abstain from eating fat underscores the call to holiness and obedience to God's specific instructions. It reminds us that God's laws are designed to set His people apart.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/respect_for_god's_provision.htm">Respect for God's Provision</a></b><br>The prohibition against eating certain parts of the sacrifice teaches respect for God's provision and the sacredness of what is offered to Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_and_consequences.htm">Community and Consequences</a></b><br>Being "cut off from his people" indicates the seriousness of disobedience and the impact of individual actions on the community. It serves as a warning about the consequences of disregarding God's commands.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_sacrifice.htm">Symbolism of Sacrifice</a></b><br>The sacrificial system points to the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Understanding these laws helps us appreciate the depth of Christ's atonement and the call to live sacrificially.<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/why_offer_animal_sacrifices_in_leviticus.htm">If a loving God exists, what is the moral rationale for repeatedly offering animal blood and fat as stated in Leviticus 3?</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><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_amos_5_25_deny_wilderness_sacrifices.htm">Amos 5:25 - How can Amos assert that Israel did not offer sacrifices in the wilderness when Exodus and Leviticus detail extensive sacrificial ordinances?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_are_sacrifices_in_leviticus_so_specific.htm">Why does God require such specific and seemingly arbitrary animal sacrifices in Leviticus 3, yet later biblical texts (e.g., Hosea 6:6) emphasize mercy over rituals?</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>(25) <span class= "bld">The fat of the beast of which men offer an offering.</span>--<span class= "bld">That </span>is, the <span class= "bld">fat of </span>beeves, sheep, or goats. (See <a href="/leviticus/7-23.htm" title="Speak to the children of Israel, saying, You shall eat no manner of fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat.">Leviticus 7:23</a>.) If he did it presumptuously he incurred the penalty of excision, and if he did it inadvertently he was beaten with forty stripes save one, and had to bring the sin offering appointed.<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/7-25.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">If</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֚י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">anyone</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">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">eats</span><br /><span class="heb">אֹכֵ֣ל</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·ḵêl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<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">animal</span><br /><span class="heb">הַ֨בְּהֵמָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(hab·bə·hê·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">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">fat</span><br /><span class="heb">חֵ֔לֶב</span> <span class="translit">(ḥê·leḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2459.htm">Strong's 2459: </a> </span><span class="str2">Fat, richest, choice part</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from which</span><br /><span class="heb">מִן־</span> <span class="translit">(min-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> </span><span class="str2">A part of, from, out of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">an offering made by fire</span><br /><span class="heb">אִשֶּׁ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(’iš·šeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_801.htm">Strong's 801: </a> </span><span class="str2">A burnt-offering, a sacrifice</span><br /><br /><span class="word">may be presented</span><br /><span class="heb">יַקְרִ֥יב</span> <span class="translit">(yaq·rîḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7126.htm">Strong's 7126: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come near, approach</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to the LORD,</span><br /><span class="heb">לַיהוָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the one</span><br /><span class="heb">הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁ</span> <span class="translit">(han·ne·p̄eš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> </span><span class="str2">A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion </span><br /><br /><span class="word">who eats</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאֹכֶ֖לֶת</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ō·ḵe·leṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular<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">it must be cut off</span><br /><span class="heb">וְנִכְרְתָ֛ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·niḵ·rə·ṯāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3772.htm">Strong's 3772: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from</span><br /><span class="heb">מִמֶּ֛נָּה</span> <span class="translit">(mim·men·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> </span><span class="str2">A part of, from, out of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">his people.</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵֽעַמֶּֽיהָ׃</span> <span class="translit">(mê·‘am·me·hā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> </span><span class="str2">A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/7-25.htm">Leviticus 7:25 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/7-25.htm">Leviticus 7:25 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/7-25.htm">Leviticus 7:25 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/7-25.htm">Leviticus 7:25 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/7-25.htm">Leviticus 7:25 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/7-25.htm">Leviticus 7:25 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/7-25.htm">Leviticus 7:25 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/7-25.htm">Leviticus 7:25 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/7-25.htm">Leviticus 7:25 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/7-25.htm">Leviticus 7:25 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/7-25.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 7:25 For whoever eats the fat (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/7-24.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 7:24"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 7:24" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/7-26.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 7:26"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 7:26" /></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>