17 " 'This is a lasting ordinance for the generations to come, wherever you live: You must not eat any fat or any blood.' "

Other Translations of Leviticus 3:17

King James Version

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

English Standard Version

17 It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations, in all your dwelling places, that you eat neither fat nor blood."

The Message

17 This is the fixed rule down through the generations, wherever you happen to live: Don't eat the fat; don't eat the blood. None of it."

New King James Version

17 'This shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings: you shall eat neither fat nor blood.' "

New Living Translation

17 "You must never eat any fat or blood. This is a permanent law for you, and it must be observed from generation to generation, wherever you live."

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Leviticus 3:17

Commentary on Leviticus 3:6-17

(Read Leviticus 3:6-17)

Here is a law that they should eat neither fat nor blood. As for the fat, it means the fat of the inwards, the suet. The blood was forbidden for the same reason; because it was God's part of every sacrifice. God would not permit the blood that made atonement to be used as a common thing, Hebrews 10:29; nor will he allow us, though we have the comfort of the atonement made, to claim for ourselves any share in the honour of making it. This taught the Jews to observe distinction between common and sacred things; it kept them separate from idolaters. It would impress them more deeply with the belief of some important mystery in the shedding of the blood and the burning the fat of their solemn sacrifices. Christ, as the Prince of peace, "made peace with the blood of his cross." Through him the believer is reconciled to God; and having the peace of God in his heart, he is disposed to follow peace with all men. May the Lord multiply grace, mercy, and peace, to all who desire to bear the Christian character.