Leviticus 7:23

THE MESSAGE

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.

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

¹¹"These are the instructions for the Peace-Offering which is presented to God . If you bring it to offer thanksgiving, then along with the Thanksgiving-Offering present unraised loaves of bread mixed with oil, unraised wafers spread with oil, and cakes of fine flour, well-kneaded and mixed with oil. Along with the Peace-Offering of thanksgiving, present loaves of yeast bread as an offering. Bring one of each kind as an offering, a Contribution-Offering to God ; it goes to the priest who throws the blood of the Peace-Offering. Eat the meat from the Peace-Offering of thanksgiving the same day it is offered. Don't leave any of it overnight. ¹⁶"If the offering is a Votive-Offering or a Freewill-Offering, it may be eaten the same day it is sacrificed and whatever is left over on the next day may also be eaten. But any meat from the sacrifice that is left to the third day must be burned up. If any of the meat from the Peace-Offering is eaten on the third day, the person who has brought it will not be accepted. It won't benefit him a bit—it has become defiled meat. And whoever eats it must take responsibility for his iniquity. Don't eat meat that has touched anything ritually unclean; burn it up. Any other meat can be eaten by those who are ritually clean. But if you're not ritually clean and eat meat from the Peace-Offering for God , you will be excluded from the congregation. And if you touch anything ritually unclean, whether human or animal uncleanness or an obscene object, and go ahead and eat from a Peace-Offering for God , you'll be excluded from the congregation." ²² God spoke to Moses: "Speak to the People of Israel. Tell them, Don't eat any fat of cattle or sheep or goats. The fat of an animal found dead or torn by wild animals can be put to some other purpose, but you may not eat it. If you eat fat from an animal from which a gift has been presented to God , you'll be excluded from the congregation. And don't eat blood, whether of birds or animals, no matter where you end up living. If you eat blood you'll be excluded from the congregation." ²⁸ God spoke to Moses: "Speak to the People of Israel. Tell them, When you present a Peace-Offering to God , bring some of your Peace-Offering as a special sacrifice to God , a gift to God in your own hands. Bring the fat with the breast and then wave the breast before God as a Wave-Offering. The priest will burn the fat on the Altar; Aaron and his sons get the breast. Give the right thigh from your Peace-Offerings as a Contribution-Offering to the priest. Give a portion of the right thigh to the son of Aaron who offers the blood and fat of the Peace-Offering as his portion. From the Peace-Offerings of Israel, I'm giving the breast of the Wave-Offering and the thigh of the Contribution-Offering to Aaron the priest and his sons. This is their fixed compensation from the People of Israel."

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
Next God said to Noah, "Now board the ship, you and all your family—out of everyone in this generation, you're the righteous one.

Genesis 7:17
The flood continued forty days and the waters rose and lifted the ship high over the Earth. The waters kept rising, the flood deepened on the Earth, the ship floated on the surface. The flood got worse until all the highest mountains were covered—the high-water mark reached twenty feet above the crest of the mountains. Everything died. Anything that moved—dead. Birds, farm animals, wild animals, the entire teeming exuberance of life—dead. And all people—dead. Every living, breathing creature that lived on dry land died; he wiped out the whole works—people and animals, crawling creatures and flying birds, every last one of them, gone. Only Noah and his company on the ship lived.

Psalms 91:1
You who sit down in the High God's presence, spend the night in Shaddai's shadow, Say this: " God , you're my refuge. I trust in you and I'm safe!" That's right—he rescues you from hidden traps, shields you from deadly hazards. His huge outstretched arms protect you— under them you're perfectly safe; his arms fend off all harm. Fear nothing—not wild wolves in the night, not flying arrows in the day, Not disease that prowls through the darkness, not disaster that erupts at high noon. Even though others succumb all around, drop like flies right and left, no harm will even graze you. You'll stand untouched, watch it all from a distance, watch the wicked turn into corpses. Yes, because God 's your refuge, the High God your very own home, Evil can't get close to you, harm can't get through the door. He ordered his angels to guard you wherever you go. If you stumble, they'll catch you; their job is to keep you from falling. You'll walk unharmed among lions and snakes, and kick young lions and serpents from the path.

Proverbs 11:4
A thick bankroll is no help when life falls apart, but a principled life can stand up to the worst.

Matthew 25:46
"Then those ‘goats' will be herded to their eternal doom, but the ‘sheep' to their eternal reward."

Hebrews 11:7
By faith, Noah built a ship in the middle of dry land. He was warned about something he couldn't see, and acted on what he was told. The result? His family was saved. His act of faith drew a sharp line between the evil of the unbelieving world and the rightness of the believing world. As a result, Noah became intimate with God.

2 Peter 2:9
So God knows how to rescue the godly from evil trials. And he knows how to hold the feet of the wicked to the fire until Judgment Day.

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.