Leviticus 7:23

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

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

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
"Speak to the children of Yisra'el, saying, 'You shall eat no fat, of ox, or sheep, or goat.

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

Lexham English Bible
"Speak to the Israelites, saying, ‘You must not eat any fat of ox, or sheep, or goat;

New Century Version
"Tell the people of Israel: ‘You must not eat any of the fat from cattle, sheep, or goats.

New English Translation
"Tell the Israelites, ‘You must not eat any fat of an ox, sheep, or goat.

Amplified Bible
"Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'You shall not eat any fat from an ox, a sheep, or a goat.

New American Standard Bible
"Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'You shall not eat any fat from an ox, a sheep, or a goat.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Speake vnto the children of Israel, & say, Ye shall eate no fat of beeues, nor of sheepe, nor of goates:

Legacy Standard Bible
"Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘You shall not eat any fat from an ox, a sheep, or a goat.

Contemporary English Version
to say to the people: Don't eat the fat of cattle, sheep, or goats.

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

Darby Translation
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, No fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat shall ye eat.

Easy-to-Read Version
"Tell the Israelites: You must not eat any fat from your cattle, sheep, or goats.

English Standard Version
"Speak to the people of Israel, saying, You shall eat no fat, of ox or sheep or goat.

George Lamsa Translation
Speak to the children of Israel, saying, You shall eat no manner of fat, of oxen or of lambs or of goats.

Good News Translation
for the people of Israel. No fat of cattle, sheep, or goats shall be eaten.

Christian Standard Bible®
“Tell the Israelites: You are not to eat any fat of an ox, a sheep, or a goat.

Literal Translation
Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, You shall not eat any fat of ox, or of sheep, or of goat.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Speake vnto the children of Israel, & saye: Ye shall eate no fat of oxen, lambes, and goates:

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

Bible in Basic English
Say to the children of Israel: You are not to take any fat, of ox or sheep or goat, for food.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Speake vnto the chyldren of Israel, and say: Ye shall eate no maner fat of beeues, of sheepe, and of goates.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying: Ye shall eat no fat, of ox, or sheep, or goat.

King James Version (1611)
Speake vnto the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no maner fat of oxe, or of sheepe, or of goat.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
He that offers the blood of the peace-offering, and the fat, of the sons of Aaron, his shall be the right shoulder for a portion.

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

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and seide, Speke thou to the sones of Israel, Ye schulen not ete the ynnere fatnesse of a scheep, of an oxe, and of a geet;

Young's Literal Translation
`Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, Any fat of ox and sheep and goat ye do not eat;

Update Bible Version
Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, You 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 ox, or sheep, or goat.

New King James Version
"Speak to the children of Israel, saying: "You shall not eat any fat, of ox or sheep or goat.

New Living Translation
"Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. You must never eat fat, whether from cattle, sheep, or goats.

New Life Bible
"Say to the people of Israel, ‘Do not eat any fat from a bull, sheep or goat.

New Revised Standard
Speak to the people of Israel, saying: You shall eat no fat of ox or sheep or goat.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, - No fat, of ox or sheep or goat, shall ye eat:

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.

Revised Standard Version
"Say to the people of Israel, You shall eat no fat, of ox, or sheep, or goat.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'You shall not eat any fat from an ox, a sheep or a goat.

Contextual Overview

¹¹Now this is the law of the peace offering that one may present to the LORD: ¹²If he offers it in thanksgiving, then along with the sacrifice of thanksgiving, he must offer unleavened cakes mixed with olive oil, unleavened wafers coated with oil, and well-kneaded cakes of fine flour mixed with oil. ¹³Along with his peace offering of thanksgiving, he is to present an offering with cakes of leavened bread. ¹⁴From the cakes he must present one portion of each offering as a contribution to the LORD. It belongs to the priest who sprinkles the blood of the peace offering. ¹⁵The meat of the sacrifice of his peace offering of thanksgiving must be eaten on the day he offers it; none of it may be left until morning. ¹⁶If, however, the sacrifice he offers is a vow or a freewill offering, it shall be eaten on the day he presents his sacrifice, but the remainder may be eaten on the next day. ¹⁷But any meat of the sacrifice remaining until the third day must be burned up. ¹⁸If any of the meat from his peace offering is eaten on the third day, it will not be accepted. It will not be credited to the one who presented it; it shall be an abomination, and the one who eats of it shall bear his iniquity. ¹⁹Meat that touches anything unclean must not be eaten; it is to be burned up. As for any other meat, anyone who is clean may eat it. ²⁰But if anyone who is unclean eats meat from the peace offering that belongs to the LORD, that person must be cut off from his people.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

fat: Any other fat they might eat; but the fat of these was sacred, because they were the only animals which were offered in sacrifice, though many others ranked among the clean animals as well as these. This prohibition may, however, be understood of these animals when offered in sacrifice, and then only in reference to the inward fat, described in Leviticus 7:4. Of the fat in any other circumstances, it cannot be intended, as it was one of the especial blessings which God gave to his people - "Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats," were the provision which he graciously bestowed on his followers. - See note on Deuteronomy 32:12-14. Leviticus 3:16, Leviticus 3:17, Leviticus 4:8-10, Leviticus 17:6, Deuteronomy 32:38, 1 Samuel 2:15-17, 1 Samuel 2:29, Acts 28:27, Romans 8:13, Romans 13:13

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 2:16 - presently Acts 15:20 - things

Cross-References

Genesis 7:1
Then the LORD said to Noah, "Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.

Genesis 7:8
The clean and unclean animals, the birds, and everything that crawls along the ground

Genesis 7:9
came to Noah to enter the ark, two by two, male and female, as God had commanded him.

Genesis 7:10
And after seven days the floodwaters came upon the earth.

Genesis 7:14
they and every kind of wild animal, livestock, crawling creature, bird, and winged creature.

Genesis 7:15
They came to Noah to enter the ark, two by two of every creature with the breath of life.

Genesis 7:17
For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and the waters rose and lifted the ark high above the earth.

Genesis 7:18
So the waters continued to surge and rise greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the waters.

Genesis 7:20
The waters rose and covered the mountaintops to a depth of fifteen cubits.

Genesis 7:21
And every creature that had moved upon the earth perished-birds, livestock, animals, every creature that swarms upon the earth, and all mankind.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Speak unto the children of Israel, saying,.... Putting them in mind, by repeating to them the laws concerning fat and blood, Leviticus 3:17

ye shall eat no manner of fat; of any creature fit for food, whose flesh otherwise may be eaten, and particularly

of ox, or of sheep, or of goats: creatures used in sacrifice; though this is not to be restrained to such of them, and the fat of them that were sacrificed, whose fat was claimed by the Lord as his, and was burnt on his altar; but this is to be understood of the fat of these creatures when killed for their common use, for the food of them and their families; the fat even of these was not to be eaten; that which was not separated from the flesh, but mixed with it, might be eaten, but not that which was separated l.

l Bechai in Lev. 3. 17.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This is emphatically addressed to the people. They were not to eat in their own meal what belonged to the altar of Yahweh, nor what was the perquisite of the priests. See Leviticus 7:33-36.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Leviticus 7:23. Fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat. — Any other fat they might eat, but the fat of these was sacred, because they were the only animals which were offered in sacrifice, though many others ranked among the clean animals as well as these. But it is likely that this prohibition is to be understood of these animals when offered in sacrifice, and then only in reference to the inward fat, as mentioned on Leviticus 7:4. Of the fat in any other circumstances it cannot be intended, as it was one of the especial blessings which God gave to the people. Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with FAT of LAMBS, and RAMS of the breed of Bashan, and GOATS, were the provision that he gave to his followers. See Deuteronomy 32:12-14.