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Leviticus 3:17

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It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.
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  1. Genesis 9:4Rank 1 from verse 17
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    4But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.

  2. Matthew 26:28Rank 2 from verse 17
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    28For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

  3. Deuteronomy 15:23Rank 3 from verse 17
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    23Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water.

  4. Deuteronomy 12:23Rank 4 from verse 17
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    23Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.

  5. Leviticus 7:23Rank 5 from verse 17
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    23Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no manner of fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat.

  6. Deuteronomy 12:16Rank 6 from verse 17
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    16Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.

  7. Leviticus 17:7Rank 7 from verse 17
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    7And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations.

  8. Leviticus 3:16Rank 8 from verse 17
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    16And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet savour: all the fat is the Lord’s.

  9. Leviticus 6:18Rank 9 from verse 17
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    18All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations concerning the offerings of the Lord made by fire: every one that toucheth them shall be holy.

  10. Acts 15:29Rank 10 from verse 17
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    29That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.

  11. Deuteronomy 32:14Rank 11 from verse 17
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    14Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape.

  12. Ephesians 1:7Rank 12 from verse 17
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    7In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;

  13. Ephesians 5:26Rank 13 from verse 17
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    26That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,

  14. Ezekiel 33:25Rank 14 from verse 17
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    25Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land?

  15. Ezekiel 44:15Rank 15 from verse 17
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    15¶ But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister unto me, and they shall stand before me to offer unto me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord God:

  16. Leviticus 17:10–16Rank 16 from verse 17
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    10¶ And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.

    11For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.

    12Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood.

    13And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, which hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl that may be eaten; he shall even pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust.

    14For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off.

    15And every soul that eateth that which died of itself, or that which was torn with beasts, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger, he shall both wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even: then shall he be clean.

    16But if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh; then he shall bear his iniquity.

  17. Leviticus 23:14Rank 17 from verse 17
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    14And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

  18. Leviticus 7:36Rank 18 from verse 17
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    36Which the Lord commanded to be given them of the children of Israel, in the day that he anointed them, by a statute for ever throughout their generations.

  19. 1 Timothy 4:4Rank 19 from verse 17
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    4For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:

  20. Acts 15:20–21Rank 20 from verse 17
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    20But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.

    21For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.

  21. Ezekiel 44:7Rank 21 from verse 17
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    7In that ye have brought into my sanctuary strangers, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to pollute it, even my house, when ye offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant because of all your abominations.

  22. Matthew 16:24Rank 22 from verse 17
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    24¶ Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

  23. 1 Samuel 14:32–34Rank 23 from verse 17
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    32And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground: and the people did eat them with the blood.

    33¶ Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin against the Lord, in that they eat with the blood. And he said, Ye have transgressed: roll a great stone unto me this day.

    34And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and say unto them, Bring me hither every man his ox, and every man his sheep, and slay them here, and eat; and sin not against the Lord in eating with the blood. And all the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and slew them there.

  24. Leviticus 16:34Rank 24 from verse 17
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    34And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make an atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins once a year. And he did as the Lord commanded Moses.

  25. Leviticus 7:25–27Rank 25 from verse 17
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    25For whosoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which men offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord, even the soul that eateth it shall be cut off from his people.

    26Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings.

    27Whatsoever soul it be that eateth any manner of blood, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.

  26. Nehemiah 8:10Rank 26 from verse 17
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    10Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the Lord is your strength.

  27. Numbers 19:21Rank 27 from verse 17
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    21And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them, that he that sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and he that toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until even.

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Leviticus 3:17

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

perpetual

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Continuing, enduring, or regularly recurring without interruption through the duration in view.

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COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

your

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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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generations

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Plural form of generation (offspring, a family line, people of one age, or the period of a lifetime).

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throughout

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Through every part, place, member, or extent of; all over; during or from beginning to end of the whole stated area, group, or period.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

eat

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To take food into the body; to consume, devour, or waste away.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

neither

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1. Also not; nor, introducing or joining a further negative statement or prohibition. 2. Not either, or none, of the alternatives named, commonly in a neither ... nor construction.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

fat

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1. The rich oily bodily substance of an animal. 2. Rich, fertile, abundant, prosperous, or flourishing. 3. Well-fed, plump, or full-bodied. 4. The richest or choicest part or produce of something. 5. Figuratively, dull, insensible, or hardened.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

blood

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Sense 1: The bodily fluid associated with physical life. Sense 2: Life taken, bloodshed, or guilt and responsibility for it. Sense 3: Kindred, shared human descent, or natural human nature. Sense 4: The juice of grapes.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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3:12¶ And if his offering be a goat, then he shall offer it before the Lord.

3:13And he shall lay his hand upon the head of it, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle the blood thereof upon the altar round about.

3:14And he shall offer thereof his offering, even an offering made by fire unto the Lord; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,

3:15And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away.

3:16And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet savour: all the fat is the Lord’s.

3:17It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.

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