Leviticus 3:17

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

חֻקַּ֤ת עוֹלָם֙ לְדֹרֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם בְּכֹ֖ל מֽוֹשְׁבֹתֵיכֶ֑ם כָּל־חֵ֥לֶב וְכָל־דָּ֖ם לֹ֥א תֹאכֵֽלוּ׃

Transliteration

ḥuqqat ʿôlām for your dōrōt in all your môšābōt: all ḥēleb and all dām not tōʾkēlû.

Grammar Details

• *ḥuqqat*: feminine singular construct - 'statute of'
• *ʿôlām*: masculine singular noun - 'eternity/perpetuity'
• לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶם: preposition + masculine plural noun with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - 'for your generations'
• בְּכֹל: preposition + construct state - 'in all'
• *môšābōt*: masculine plural noun with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - 'your dwelling places'
• כָּל: construct state - 'all of'
• *ḥēleb*: masculine singular noun - 'fat'
• וְכָל: conjunction + construct state - 'and all of'
• *dām*: masculine singular noun - 'blood'
• לֹא: negative particle - 'not'
• *tōʾkēlû*: Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural - 'you shall eat'

Word Meanings

• *ḥuqqat*: statute/ordinance/decree/prescribed limit
• *ʿôlām*: long duration/forever/perpetuity/eternity
• *dōrōt*: generations/periods/ages
• *môšābōt*: dwelling places/settlements/habitations
• *ḥēleb*: fat/best part
• *dām*: blood
• *tōʾkēlû*: you shall eat/consume/devour

Referenced Verses

• Gen 9:4 : 4 But flesh with the life thereof, [which is] the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
• Lev 6:18 : 18 Every male among the children of Aaron shall eat of it, as [his] portion for ever throughout your generations, from the offerings of Jehovah made by fire: whosoever toucheth them shall be holy.
• Lev 17:7 : 7 And they shall no more sacrifice their sacrifices unto the he-goats, after which they play the harlot. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations.
• Deut 12:16 : 16 Only ye shall not eat the blood; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water.
• Deut 12:23 : 23 Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou shalt not eat the life with the flesh.
• Deut 15:23 : 23 Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it out upon the ground as water.
• Lev 7:36 : 36 which Jehovah commanded to be given them of the children of Israel, in the day that he anointed them. It is [their] portion for ever throughout their generations.
• Lev 3:16 : 16 And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire, for a sweet savor; all the fat is Jehovah's.
• Lev 23:14 : 14 And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched grain, nor fresh ears, until this selfsame day, until ye have brought the oblation of your God: it is a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
• Matt 26:28 : 28 for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many unto remission of sins.
• Acts 15:29 : 29 that ye abstain from things sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication; from which if ye keep yourselves, it shall be well with you. Fare ye well.
• Eph 1:7 : 7 in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,
• Eph 5:26 : 26 that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,
• 1 Tim 4:4 : 4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it be received with thanksgiving:
• Acts 15:20-21 : 20 but that we write unto them, that they abstain from the pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from what is strangled, and from blood. 21 For Moses from generations of old hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath.
• Num 19:21 : 21 And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them: and he that sprinkleth the water for impurity shall wash his clothes, and he that toucheth the water for impurity shall be unclean until even.
• Lev 7:23 : 23 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no fat, of ox, or sheep, or goat.
• Lev 7:25-27 : 25 For whosoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which men offer an offering made by fire unto Jehovah, even the soul that eateth it shall be cut off from his people. 26 And ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of bird or of beast, in any of your dwellings. 27 Whosoever it be that eateth any blood, that soul shall be cut off from his people.
• Lev 16:34 : 34 And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make atonement for the children of Israel because of all their sins once in the year. And he did as Jehovah commanded Moses.
• Lev 17:10-16 : 10 And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among them, that eateth any manner of blood, I will set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people. 11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood; and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh atonement by reason of the life. 12 Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood. 13 And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among them, who taketh in hunting any beast or bird that may be eaten; he shall pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust. 14 For as to the life of all flesh, the blood thereof is [all one] with 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. 15 And every soul that eateth that which dieth of itself, or that which is torn of beasts, whether he be home-born or a sojourner, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even: then shall he be clean. 16 But if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh, then he shall bear his iniquity.
• Deut 32:14 : 14 Butter of the herd, and milk of the flock, With fat of lambs, And rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, With the finest of the wheat; And of the blood of the grape thou drankest wine.
• 1 Sam 14:32-34 : 32 and 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 Jehovah, in that they eat with the blood. And he said, ye have dealt treacherously: roll a great stone unto me this day. 34 And 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 Jehovah in eating with the blood. And all the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and slew them there.
• Neh 8:10 : 10 Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto him for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye grieved; for the joy of Jehovah is your [ strength.]
• Ezek 33:25 : 25 Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes unto your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land?
• Ezek 44:7 : 7 in that ye have brought in foreigners, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to profane it, even my house, when ye offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant, [to add] unto all your abominations.
• Ezek 44:15 : 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 Jehovah:
• Matt 16:24 : 24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.