Leviticus 7:23
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Say to the children of Israel: The fat of a sheep, and of an ox, and of a goat you shall not eat.

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 kind, 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

Deuteronomy 32:12-14 The Lord alone was his leader: and there was no strange god with him. . . .

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Leviticus 3:16,17 And the priest shall burn them upon the altar, for the food of the fire, and of a most sweet savour. All the fat shall be the Lord's. . . .

Leviticus 4:8-10 And he shall take off the fat of the calf for the sin offering, as well that which covereth the entrails, as all the inwards: . . .

Leviticus 17:6 And the priest shall pour the blood upon the altar of the Lord, at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony: and shall burn the fat for a sweet odour to the Lord.

Deuteronomy 32:38 Of whose victims they ate the fat, and drank the wine of their drink offerings: let them arise and help you, and protect you in your distress.

1 Samuel 2:15-17,29 Also before they burnt the fat, the servant of the priest came, and said to the man that sacrificed: Give me flesh to boil for the priest: for I will not take of thee sodden flesh, but raw. . . .

Acts 28:27 For the heart of this people is grown gross, and with their ears have they heard heavily and their eyes they have shut, lest perhaps they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and should be converted: and I should heal them.

Romans 8:13 For if you live according to the flesh, you shall die: but if by the Spirit you mortify the deeds of the flesh, you shall live.

Romans 13:13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day: not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and impurities, not in contention and envy.

Context
Fat and Blood Forbidden
22And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 23Say to the children of Israel: The fat of a sheep, and of an ox, and of a goat you shall not eat.24The fat of a carcass that hath died of itself, and of a beast that was caught by another beast, you shall have for divers uses.…
Cross References
Leviticus 3:16
And the priest shall burn them upon the altar, for the food of the fire, and of a most sweet savour. All the fat shall be the Lord's.

Leviticus 3:17
By a perpetual law for your generations, and in all your habitations: neither blood nor fat shall you eat at all.

Leviticus 7:22
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

Lexicon
“Speak
דַּבֵּ֛ר (dab·bêr)
Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

the Israelites
בְּנֵ֥י (bə·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

[and] say,
לֵאמֹ֑ר (lê·mōr)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

‘You are not
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

to eat
תֹאכֵֽלוּ׃ (ṯō·ḵê·lū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 398: To eat

any
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

of the fat
חֵ֜לֶב (ḥê·leḇ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2459: Fat, richest, choice part

of an ox,
שׁ֥וֹר (šō·wr)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7794: A head of cattle (bullock, ox, etcetera)

a sheep,
וְכֶ֛שֶׂב (wə·ḵe·śeḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3775: A young sheep

or a goat.
וָעֵ֖ז (wā·‘êz)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5795: Female goat


Additional Translations
“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘You are not to eat any of the fat of an ox, a sheep, or a goat.Speak to the children of Israel, saying, You shall eat no manner of fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat.

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

Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no fat of oxen or sheep or goats.

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

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

Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no manner of fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat.

"Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'You shall eat no fat, of bull, or sheep, or goat.

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