Leviticus 7:23

Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no manner of fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat.

Speak {H1696} unto the children {H1121} of Israel {H3478}, saying {H559}, Ye shall eat {H398} no manner of fat {H2459}, of ox {H7794}, or of sheep {H3775}, or of goat {H5795}.

"Say to the people of Isra'el, 'You are not to eat the fat of bulls, sheep or goats.

“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘You are not to eat any of the fat of an ox, a sheep, or a goat.

Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no fat, of ox, or sheep, or goat.

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Leviticus 3:16 (4 votes)

    And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: [it is] the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet savour: all the fat [is] the LORD'S.

  • Leviticus 3:17 (4 votes)

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

  • Leviticus 17:6 (2 votes)

    And the priest shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar of the LORD [at] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and burn the fat for a sweet savour unto the LORD.

  • Deuteronomy 32:38 (2 votes)

    Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, [and] drank the wine of their drink offerings? let them rise up and help you, [and] be your protection.

  • Romans 13:13 (2 votes)

    Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.

  • 1 Samuel 2:15 (2 votes)

    Also before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw.

  • 1 Samuel 2:17 (2 votes)

    Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.