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Leviticus 7:23

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Fat;   Sanitation;   Thompson Chain Reference - Fat;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Ox, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Fat;   Sacrifice;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Clean, Unclean;   Offerings and Sacrifices;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Wave Offerings;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Thank Offering;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Leviticus;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Propitiation;   Sacrifice and Offering;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Fat;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Unclean Meats;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Abstinence;   Animal;   Fat;   Offerings;   Sheep;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Worship, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Kidneys;   Leviticus;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Commandments, the 613;   Dietary Laws;   Fat;   Tanna Debe Eliyahu;  

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 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 ‘This is the Law of giving peace gifts in worship to the Lord. 12 If he gives it because he is thankful, then with the thank gift he will give bread mixed with oil and without yeast, hard bread spread with oil and without yeast, and loaves of fine flour well mixed with oil. 13 With loaves of bread with yeast he will give his thank gift with the peace gifts. 14 Out of each gift he will give a part as a gift to the Lord. It will belong to the religious leader who puts the blood on the peace gifts. 15 ‘The flesh of the thank gift, given as a peace gift, will be eaten on the day it is given. None of it is to be left until morning. 16 But if his gift is for a promise or is given only because he wants to give it, it will be eaten the same day he gives his gift. And whatever is left may be eaten the next day. 17 But what is left of the flesh of the gift until the third day will be burned with fire. 18 If any of the flesh of his gift is eaten on the third day, then the one who brought it will not be received and it will not do him any good. It will be a sin. And the person who eats of it must suffer for his own sin. 19 ‘The flesh that touches anything that is unclean must not be eaten. It will be burned with fire. Anyone who is clean may eat other flesh. 20 But the person who is unclean, who eats the flesh of the peace gifts which belong to the Lord, will be kept away 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 boat, you and all your family. For I have seen that you only are right and good at this time.
Genesis 7:8
Clean animals and animals that were unclean and birds and every thing that moved on the ground
Genesis 7:9
went into the large boat with Noah. They went two by two, male and female, just as God had told Noah.
Genesis 7:10
After seven days the waters of the flood came upon the earth.
Genesis 7:14
With them went every kind of animal, and all the cattle, and every thing that moved on the earth, and every kind of bird.
Genesis 7:15
They went into the large boat with Noah, two of every living thing.
Genesis 7:17
The flood came upon the earth for forty days. The water got deeper and raised up the large boat so that it was lifted above the earth.
Genesis 7:18
The water was very deep upon the earth. And the boat stayed upon the top of the water.
Genesis 7:20
But the water went about four times taller than a man above the tops of the mountains.
Genesis 7:21
All flesh that moved on the earth was destroyed, birds and cattle and wild animals, and every man.

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.


 
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