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Leviticus 7:27

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If anyone eats blood, that person must be cut off from his people.’”

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Matthew Henry Bible Commentaryv. 27

Here is, I. The law of the trespass-offering (Lev 7:1-7), with some further directions concerning the burnt-offering and the meat-offering (Lev 7:8-10). II. The law of the peace-offering. The eating of it (Lev 7:11-21), on which occasion the prohibition of eating fat or blood is repeated (Lev 7:22-27), and the priests' share of it (Lev 7:28-34). III. The conclusion of those institutions (Lev 7:35, etc.).

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Strong's Concordancev. 27

נֶפֶשׁ (nephesh, H5315) — properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in… אָכַל (ʼâkal, H398) — to eat (literally or figuratively) כֹּל (kôl, H3605) — properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a… דָּם (dâm, H1818) — blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice… כָּרַת (kârath, H3772) — to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to… עַם (ʻam, H5971) — a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence…

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If anyone eats the fat of an animal from which an offering made by fire may be presented to the LORD, the one who eats it must be cut off from his people.

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