Leviticus 3:17

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

King James Version
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Other Translations for Leviticus 3:17

BSB
This is a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live: You must not eat any fat or any blood."
AKJV
It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that you eat neither fat nor blood.
CPDV
by a perpetual law, in your generations and in all of your habitations, neither blood nor fat shall you eat at all.
ERV
It shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings, that ye shall eat neither fat nor blood.
NHEB
"'It shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings, that you shall eat neither fat nor blood.'"
SMT
A law forever to your generations in all your dwellings, all the fat and all the blood, ye shall not eat.

Commentary for Leviticus 3:17

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Barnes’ Notes Classic commentary from Albert Barnes Matthew Henry Commentary Classic commentary from Matthew Henry
Overview of Leviticus 3:17
Summary
Permanent dietary restriction on fat and blood
Event
Dietary law established forever
Estimated Time Period
c. 1450 BC
Category
Law