Leviticus 3:17

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“This is a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live: You must not eat any fat or any blood.””

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BSBPD

“This is a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live: You must not eat any fat or any blood.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“It shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings, that ye shall eat neither fat nor blood.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`A statute age-during to your generations in all your dwellings: any fat or any blood ye do not eat.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Leviticus 3:17 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 9:4But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it.
  2. Exodus 27:21In the Tent of Meeting, outside the veil that is in front of the Testimony, Aaron and his sons are to tend the lamps before the LORD from evening until morning. This is to be a permanent statute for the Israelites for the generations to come.
  3. Exodus 28:43Aaron and his sons must wear them whenever they enter the Tent of Meeting or approach the altar to minister in the Holy Place, so that they will not incur guilt and die. This is to be a permanent statute for Aaron and his descendants.
  4. Leviticus 3:16Then 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.
  5. Leviticus 6:15The priest is to remove a handful of fine flour and olive oil, together with all the frankincense from the grain offering, and burn the memorial portion on the altar as a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
  6. Leviticus 6:18Any male among the sons of Aaron may eat it. This is a permanent portion from the offerings made by fire to the LORD for the generations to come. Anything that touches them will become holy.”
  7. Leviticus 7:23“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘You are not to eat any of the fat of an ox, a sheep, or a goat.
  8. Leviticus 7:25If 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.
  9. Leviticus 7:26You must not eat the blood of any bird or animal in any of your dwellings.
  10. Leviticus 7:36On the day they were anointed, the LORD commanded that this be given them by the sons of Israel. It is a permanent portion for the generations to come.
  11. Leviticus 10:9“You and your sons are not to drink wine or strong drink when you enter the Tent of Meeting, or else you will die; this is a permanent statute for the generations to come.
  12. Leviticus 16:34This is to be a permanent statute for you, to make atonement once a year for the Israelites because of all their sins.” And all this was done as the LORD had commanded Moses.
  13. Leviticus 17:7They must no longer offer their sacrifices to the goat demons to which they have prostituted themselves. This will be a permanent statute for them for the generations to come.’
  14. Leviticus 17:10If 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.
  15. Leviticus 17:12Therefore I say to the Israelites, ‘None of you may eat blood, nor may any foreigner living among you eat blood.’
  16. Leviticus 17:14For the life of all flesh is its blood. Therefore I have told the Israelites, ‘You must not eat the blood of any living thing, because the life of all flesh is its blood; whoever eats it must be cut off.’
  17. Leviticus 19:26You must not eat anything with blood still in it. You must not practice divination or sorcery.
  18. Leviticus 23:14You must not eat any bread or roasted or new grain until the very day you have brought this offering to your God. This is to be a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live.
  19. Leviticus 24:9It belongs to Aaron and his sons, who are to eat it in a holy place; for it is to him a most holy part of the offerings made by fire to the LORD—his portion forever.”
  20. Numbers 19:21This is a permanent statute for the people: The one who sprinkles the water of purification must wash his clothes, and whoever touches the water of purification will be unclean until evening.
  21. Deuteronomy 12:16but you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.
  22. Deuteronomy 12:23Only be sure not to eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.
  23. Deuteronomy 12:24You must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.
  24. Deuteronomy 15:23But you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.

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