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This is a permanent law for you, and it must be observed from generation to generation, wherever you live.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/3.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations, in all your dwelling places, that you eat neither fat nor blood.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</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="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/3.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br /><i>It shall be</i> a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/3.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />‘<i>This shall be</i> a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings: you shall eat neither fat nor blood.’ ”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />It is a permanent statute throughout your generations in all your dwelling places: you shall not eat any fat or any blood.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/3.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216It is a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings: you shall not eat any fat or any blood.&#8217&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘It is a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings: you shall not eat any fat or any blood.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />It is a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your <i>places of</i> habitation: you shall not eat any fat or any blood.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />It is a permanent statute for your generations wherever you may be, that you shall not eat any fat or any blood.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />This is a permanent statute throughout your generations, wherever you live: you must not eat any fat or any blood.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />This is a permanent statute throughout your generations, wherever you live: you must not eat any fat or any blood.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/3.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />It shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings, that ye shall eat neither fat nor blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/leviticus/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />So you and your descendants must never eat any fat or any blood, not even in the privacy of your own homes. This law will never change. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/3.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />It shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings, that ye shall eat neither fat nor blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />This is a permanent law for generations to come wherever you live: Never eat any fat or blood."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/3.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />No Israelite may eat any fat or any blood; this is a rule to be kept forever by all Israelites wherever they live. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/3.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"This is to be a lasting statute for all your generations, wherever you live. You are not to eat any fat or blood."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</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="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/3.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />This is a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all the places where you live: You must never eat any fat or any blood.'" <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"'It shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings, that you shall eat neither fat nor blood.'"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/3.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“‘It shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings, that you shall eat neither fat nor blood.’” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />[This is] a continuous statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings: you do not eat any fat or any blood.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'A statute age-during to your generations in all your dwellings: any fat or any blood ye do not eat.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />A law forever to your generations in all your dwellings, all the fat and all the blood, ye shall not eat.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />By a perpetual law for your generations, and in all your habitations: neither blood nor fat shall you eat at all. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />by a perpetual law, in your generations and in all of your habitations, neither blood nor fat shall you eat at all.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/3.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />This shall be a perpetual ordinance for your descendants wherever they may dwell. You shall not eat any fat or any blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />It shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations, in all your settlements: you must not eat any fat or any blood.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings that you eat neither fat nor blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/3.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />A covenant to eternity for your generations in every place of your dwellings; you shall eat no fat and no blood." <div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/3.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />It shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings, that ye shall eat neither fat nor blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/3.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br /><i>It is</i> a perpetual statute throughout your generations, in all your habitations; ye shall eat no fat and no blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/3-17.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=466" 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/3.htm">Laws for Peace Offerings</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">16</span>Then the priest is to burn the food on the altar as an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma. All the fat is the LORD’s. <span class="reftext">17</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5769.htm" title="5769: ‘ō·w·lām (N-ms) -- Long duration, antiquity, futurity. ">This is a permanent</a> <a href="/hebrew/2708.htm" title="2708: ḥuq·qaṯ (N-fsc) -- Something prescribed, an enactment, statute. Feminine of choq, and meaning substantially the same.">statute</a> <a href="/hebrew/1755.htm" title="1755: lə·ḏō·rō·ṯê·ḵem (Prep-l:: N-mpc:: 2mp) -- Period, generation, dwelling. Or dor; from duwr; properly, a revolution of time, i.e. An age or generation; also a dwelling.">for the generations to come,</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.">wherever</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.">you live:</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·ḵê·lū (V-Qal-Imperf-2mp) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">eat</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.">any</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.">fat</a> <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.">or any</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.">blood.”</a> </span><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/7-23.htm">Leviticus 7:23-26</a></span><br />“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘You are not to eat any of the fat of an ox, a sheep, or a goat. / 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. / 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="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="/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="/acts/15-28.htm">Acts 15:28-29</a></span><br />It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to burden you with anything beyond these essential requirements: / 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="/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="/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="/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_corinthians/10-31.htm">1 Corinthians 10:31</a></span><br />So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.<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="/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="/1_corinthians/8-8.htm">1 Corinthians 8:8-13</a></span><br />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. / For if someone with a weak conscience sees you who are well informed eating in an idol’s temple, will he not be encouraged to eat food sacrificed to idols? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/7-18.htm">Mark 7:18-19</a></span><br />“Are you still so dull?” He asked. “Do you not understand? Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him, / because it does not enter his heart, but it goes into the stomach and then is eliminated.” (Thus all foods are clean.)</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that you eat neither fat nor blood.</p><p class="hdg">a perpetual</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/6-18.htm">Leviticus 6:18</a></b></br> All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it. <i>It shall be</i> a statute for ever in your generations concerning the offerings of the LORD made by fire: every one that toucheth them shall be holy.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/7-36.htm">Leviticus 7:36</a></b></br> Which the LORD commanded to be given them of the children of Israel, in the day that he anointed them, <i>by</i> a statute for ever throughout their generations.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/16-34.htm">Leviticus 16:34</a></b></br> And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make an atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins once a year. And he did as the LORD commanded Moses.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/3-16.htm">Leviticus 3:16</a></b></br> And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: <i>it is</i> the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet savour: all the fat <i>is</i> the LORD'S.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/32-14.htm">Deuteronomy 32:14</a></b></br> Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/nehemiah/8-10.htm">Nehemiah 8:10</a></b></br> Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for <i>this</i> day <i>is</i> holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.</p><p class="hdg">blood</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/7-23.htm">Leviticus 7:23,25-27</a></b></br> Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no manner of fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat… </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="/exodus/40-15.htm">Age-During</a> <a href="/leviticus/3-13.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/exodus/15-17.htm">Dwelling</a> <a href="/exodus/35-3.htm">Dwellings</a> <a href="/exodus/34-28.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/exodus/40-15.htm">Everlasting</a> <a href="/leviticus/3-16.htm">Fat</a> <a href="/leviticus/3-16.htm">Food</a> <a href="/exodus/40-15.htm">Generations</a> <a href="/exodus/35-3.htm">Houses</a> <a href="/exodus/31-16.htm">Lasting</a> <a href="/leviticus/1-12.htm">Order</a> <a href="/exodus/30-21.htm">Ordinance</a> <a href="/exodus/40-15.htm">Perpetual</a> <a href="/exodus/40-18.htm">Places</a> <a href="/exodus/30-21.htm">Statute</a> <a href="/exodus/40-38.htm">Throughout</a> <a href="/exodus/20-24.htm">Wherever</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/6-18.htm">Age-During</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-5.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-46.htm">Dwelling</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-26.htm">Dwellings</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-16.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-18.htm">Everlasting</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-8.htm">Fat</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-16.htm">Food</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-18.htm">Generations</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-26.htm">Houses</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-29.htm">Lasting</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-22.htm">Order</a> <a href="/leviticus/5-10.htm">Ordinance</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-20.htm">Perpetual</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-23.htm">Places</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-18.htm">Statute</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-18.htm">Throughout</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-26.htm">Wherever</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 3</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/3-1.htm">The peace offering of the herd</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/3-6.htm">whether a sheep</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/3-7.htm">whether a lamb</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/3-12.htm">or a goat</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/3-17.htm">A prohibition to eat fat or blood</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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In the context of Leviticus, this reflects the enduring nature of God's commandments to Israel. The Hebrew word used here, "chukkat olam," suggests an ordinance that transcends time, emphasizing the unchanging nature of God's holiness and the need for His people to remain distinct. This concept of permanence is echoed in other parts of the Torah, such as the Sabbath (<a href="/exodus/31-16.htm">Exodus 31:16</a>) and the Passover (<a href="/exodus/12-14.htm">Exodus 12:14</a>).<p><b>for the generations to come</b><br>This phrase underscores the continuity of the law across successive generations. It highlights the importance of teaching and maintaining God's commandments within the family and community, ensuring that each generation understands and adheres to God's statutes. This is a recurring theme in the Pentateuch, where the transmission of God's laws to future generations is emphasized (<a href="/deuteronomy/6-6.htm">Deuteronomy 6:6-7</a>).<p><b>wherever you live</b><br>This indicates that the statute is not limited to a specific geographical location, such as the land of Israel, but is applicable wherever the Israelites reside. This universality suggests that the principles behind the law are not bound by geography but are integral to the identity and holiness of God's people. It reflects the idea that God's laws are relevant and binding regardless of external circumstances.<p><b>You must not eat any fat</b><br>The prohibition against eating fat is specific to the fat of sacrificial animals, which was considered the best part and was to be offered to God on the altar (<a href="/leviticus/3-16.htm">Leviticus 3:16</a>). This reflects the principle of giving God the first and best of what one has. The fat symbolizes richness and abundance, and its offering signifies the worshiper's acknowledgment of God's provision and sovereignty. This commandment is part of the broader sacrificial system that points to the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus Christ, who offered Himself wholly to God.<p><b>or any blood.</b><br>The prohibition against consuming blood is rooted in the belief that life is in the blood (<a href="/leviticus/17-11.htm">Leviticus 17:11</a>). Blood was sacred and used for atonement on the altar, symbolizing the life given to atone for sin. This commandment underscores the sanctity of life and the seriousness of sin, which requires a life-for-life substitution. The prohibition also foreshadows the New Testament teaching on the blood of Christ, which is central to the atonement and redemption of humanity (<a href="/hebrews/9-22.htm">Hebrews 9:22</a>). The respect for blood as life-giving is a theme that runs throughout Scripture, culminating in the sacrificial death of Jesus, whose blood brings eternal life to believers.<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 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 were given, including the prohibition against eating fat and blood.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/tabernacle.htm">Tabernacle</a></b><br>The place where sacrifices were made, and where the Israelites would have been reminded of these dietary laws.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/c/canaan.htm">Canaan</a></b><br>The land promised to the Israelites, where they were to observe these statutes.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/p/priests.htm">Priests</a></b><br>The mediators between God and the Israelites, responsible for teaching and enforcing the laws.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/r/respect_for_god's_commands.htm">Respect for God's Commands</a></b><br>The prohibition against eating fat and blood underscores the importance of obedience to God's laws, even when they may not be fully understood.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_blood.htm">Symbolism of Blood</a></b><br>Blood represents life and atonement, pointing to the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Respecting this commandment helps us appreciate the gravity of Christ's sacrifice.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/holiness_and_distinction.htm">Holiness and Distinction</a></b><br>These dietary laws set the Israelites apart from other nations, reminding us of our call to be distinct and holy in our conduct.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/gratitude_for_provision.htm">Gratitude for Provision</a></b><br>Recognizing God's provision in the sacrificial system and dietary laws should lead us to gratitude for His care and sustenance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/continuity_of_god's_law.htm">Continuity of God's Law</a></b><br>The reaffirmation of these laws in the New Testament shows the consistency of God's expectations and the timeless nature of His principles.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_3.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 3</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_are_laws_and_decrees.htm">What are laws, commands, decrees, and statutes?</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/generations_from_abraham_to_jesus.htm">How many generations from Abraham to Jesus? (Matthew 1:17 vs. Luke 3:23-38)</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_defines_a_lasting_ordinance.htm">What defines a lasting ordinance?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/3.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(17) <span class= "bld">A perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings; </span>so the Authorised Version in the only three other passages in which it occurs. (Comp. <a href="/leviticus/23-14.htm" title="And you shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that you have brought an offering to your God: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.">Leviticus 23:14</a>; <a href="/leviticus/23-21.htm" title="And you shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy convocation to you: you shall do no servile work therein: it shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.">Leviticus 23:21</a>, where it is inverted; and 31.) That is, the law not to eat fat of beeves, sheep, or goats, is to be binding upon the Israelites throughout all their future generations, and is applicable to any place wherever they may dwell. As the full legislative formula only occurs four times in the Pentateuch, and is restricted to this book, it is important to render it uniformly in all the four passages. For the import of this statute see <a href="/context/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 7:23-25</a>.<p><span class= "bld"><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/leviticus/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 17.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Eat neither fat nor blood.</span> These are forbidden to be eaten, as belonging to God. The fat, that is, the internal fat, is his portion in the common feast of the peace offering, and the blood is presented to him in all the animal sacrifices, as the material vehicle of life (see <a href="/leviticus/7-22.htm">Leviticus 7:22-27</a>). The remaining regulations as to the various sorts of the peace offerings, the priests' portions of them, and the festive meal on the sacrifices, are given in <a href="/leviticus/7-11.htm">Leviticus 7:11-34</a>. <p> <p> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/3-17.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">This is a perpetual</span><br /><span class="heb">עוֹלָם֙</span> <span class="translit">(‘ō·w·lām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5769.htm">Strong's 5769: </a> </span><span class="str2">Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always</span><br /><br /><span class="word">statute</span><br /><span class="heb">חֻקַּ֤ת</span> <span class="translit">(ḥuq·qaṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2708.htm">Strong's 2708: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something prescribed, an enactment, statute</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for the generations to come,</span><br /><span class="heb">לְדֹרֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḏō·rō·ṯê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1755.htm">Strong's 1755: </a> </span><span class="str2">A revolution of time, an age, generation, a dwelling</span><br /><br /><span class="word">wherever</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">you live:</span><br /><span class="heb">מֽוֹשְׁבֹתֵיכֶ֑ם</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 /><br /><span class="word">You must not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹ֥א</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">תֹאכֵֽלוּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(ṯō·ḵê·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">any</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">fat</span><br /><span class="heb">חֵ֥לֶב</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">or 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">blood.’”</span><br /><span class="heb">דָּ֖ם</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 /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/3-17.htm">Leviticus 3:17 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/3-17.htm">Leviticus 3:17 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/3-17.htm">Leviticus 3:17 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/3-17.htm">Leviticus 3:17 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/3-17.htm">Leviticus 3:17 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/3-17.htm">Leviticus 3:17 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/3-17.htm">Leviticus 3:17 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/3-17.htm">Leviticus 3:17 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/3-17.htm">Leviticus 3:17 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/3-17.htm">Leviticus 3:17 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/3-17.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 3:17 It shall be a perpetual statute throughout (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/3-16.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 3:16"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 3:16" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/4-1.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 4:1"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 4:1" /></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>