Context 23Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, You shall not eat any fat from an ox, a sheep or a goat. 24Also the fat of an animal which dies and the fat of an animal torn by beasts may be put to any other use, but you must certainly not eat it. 25For 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. 26You are not to eat any blood, either of bird or animal, in any of your dwellings. 27Any person who eats any blood, even that person shall be cut off from his people. 28Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 29Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, He who offers the sacrifice of his peace offerings to the LORD shall bring his offering to the LORD from the sacrifice of his peace offerings. 30His own hands are to bring offerings by fire to the LORD. He shall bring the fat with the breast, that the breast may be presented as a wave offering before the LORD. 31The priest shall offer up the fat in smoke on the altar, but the breast shall belong to Aaron and his sons. 32You shall give the right thigh to the priest as a contribution from the sacrifices of your peace offerings. 33The one among the sons of Aaron who offers the blood of the peace offerings and the fat, the right thigh shall be his as his portion. 34For I have taken the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution from the sons of Israel from the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them to Aaron the priest and to his sons as their due forever from the sons of Israel. 35This is that which is consecrated to Aaron and that which is consecrated to his sons from the offerings by fire to the LORD, in that day when he presented them to serve as priests to the LORD. 36These the LORD had commanded to be given them from the sons of Israel in the day that He anointed them. It is their due forever throughout their generations. 37This is the law of the burnt offering, the grain offering and the sin offering and the guilt offering and the ordination offering and the sacrifice of peace offerings, 38which the LORD commanded Moses at Mount Sinai in the day that He commanded the sons of Israel to present their offerings to the LORD in the wilderness of Sinai. Parallel Verses American Standard VersionSpeak unto the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no fat, of ox, or sheep, or goat. Douay-Rheims Bible Say to the children of Israel: The fat of a sheep, and of an ox, and of a goat you shall not eat. Darby Bible Translation Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, No fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat shall ye eat. English Revised Version Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no fat, of ox, or sheep, or goat. Webster's Bible Translation Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no manner of fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat. World English Bible "Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'You shall eat no fat, of bull, or sheep, or goat. Young's Literal Translation 'Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, Any fat of ox and sheep and goat ye do not eat; Library LeviticusThe emphasis which modern criticism has very properly laid on the prophetic books and the prophetic element generally in the Old Testament, has had the effect of somewhat diverting popular attention from the priestly contributions to the literature and religion of Israel. From this neglect Leviticus has suffered most. Yet for many reasons it is worthy of close attention; it is the deliberate expression of the priestly mind of Israel at its best, and it thus forms a welcome foil to the unattractive … John Edgar McFadyen—Introduction to the Old Testament Links Leviticus 7:23 NIV • Leviticus 7:23 NLT • Leviticus 7:23 ESV • Leviticus 7:23 NASB • Leviticus 7:23 KJV • Leviticus 7:23 Bible Apps • Leviticus 7:23 Parallel • Bible Hub |