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Leviticus 3:17 KJV
Leviticus · chapter 3 · verse 17
It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.Leviticus 3:17 · King James Version
Leviticus 3:17 in context
15And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away.
16And 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.
17It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.
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Key words (Strong's)
- generationsdôwrproperly, a revolution of timeH1755 →
- perpetualʻôwlâmproperly, concealedH5769 →
- dwellingsmôwshâba seatH4186 →
- statutechuqqâh{an enactmentH2708 →
- eatʼâkalto eatH398 →
- fatchelebfat, whether literally or figurativelyH2459 →
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Directions are here given concerning the peace-offering, if it was a sheep or a goat. Turtle-doves or young pigeons, which might be brought for whole burnt offerings, were not allowed for peace-offerings, because they have no fat considerable enough to be burnt upon the altar;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-17