Leviticus 7:23

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Say to the children of Israel: You are not to take any fat, of ox or sheep or goat, for food.

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  • Lev 3:16-17 : 16 That it may be burned by the priest on the altar; it is the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet smell: all the fat is the Lord's. 17 Let it be an order for ever, through all your generations, in all your houses, that you are not to take fat or blood for food.
  • Lev 4:8-9 : 8 And he is to take away all the fat of the ox of the sin-offering; the fat covering the inside parts and all the fat of the inside parts, 9 And the two kidneys, with the fat on them, which is by the top part of the legs, and the fat joining the liver and the kidneys, he is to take away, 10 As it is taken from the ox of the peace-offering; and it is to be burned by the priest on the altar of burned offerings.
  • Lev 17:6 : 6 And the priest will put blood on the altar of the Lord at the door of the Tent of meeting, burning the fat for a sweet smell to the Lord.
  • Deut 32:38 : 38 Who took the fat of their offerings, and the wine of their drink offering? Let them now come to your help, let them be your salvation.
  • 1 Sam 2:15-17 : 15 And more than this, before the fat was burned, the priest's servant would come and say to the man who was making the offering, Give me some of the flesh to be cooked for the priest; he has no taste for meat cooked in water, but would have you give it uncooked. 16 And if the man said to him, First let the fat be burned, then take as much as you will; then the servant would say, No, you are to give it to me now, or I will take it by force. 17 And the sin of these young men was very great before the Lord; for they gave no honour to the Lord's offerings.
  • 1 Sam 2:29 : 29 Why then are you looking with envy on my offerings of meat and of meal which were ordered by my word, honouring your sons before me, and making yourselves fat with all the best of the offerings of Israel, my people?
  • Acts 28:27 : 27 For the heart of this people has become fat and their ears are slow in hearing and their eyes are shut; for fear that they might see with their eyes and give hearing with their ears and become wise in their hearts and be turned again to me, so that I might make them well.
  • Rom 8:13 : 13 For if you go in the way of the flesh, death will come on you; but if by the Spirit you put to death the works of the body, you will have life.
  • Rom 13:13 : 13 With right behaviour as in the day; not in pleasure-making and drinking, not in bad company and unclean behaviour, not in fighting and envy.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lev 7:24-28
    5 verses
    87%

    24 And the fat of that which comes to a natural death, and the fat of that which is attacked by beasts, may be used for other purposes, but not in any way for food.

    25 For anyone who takes as food the fat of any beast of which men make an offering by fire to the Lord, will be cut off from his people.

    26 And you are not to take for food any blood, of bird or of beast, in any of your houses.

    27 Whoever takes any blood for food will be cut off from his people.

    28 And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Lev 7:22
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    22 And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Lev 11:1-3
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    77%

    1 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

    2 Say to the children of Israel: These are the living things which you may have for food among all the beasts on the earth.

    3 You may have as food any beast which has a division in the horn of its foot, and whose food comes back into its mouth to be crushed again.

  • Deut 14:3-4
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    3 No disgusting thing may be your food.

    4 These are the beasts which you may have for food: the ox, the sheep, and the goat;

  • Lev 3:14-17
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    14 And of it let him make his offering, an offering made by fire to the Lord; the fat covering the inside parts and all the fat on the inside parts,

    15 And the two kidneys, with the fat on them, which is by the top part of the legs, and the fat joining the liver and the kidneys, let him take away;

    16 That it may be burned by the priest on the altar; it is the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet smell: all the fat is the Lord's.

    17 Let it be an order for ever, through all your generations, in all your houses, that you are not to take fat or blood for food.

  • Deut 14:21
    74%

    21 You may not have as food anything which has come to a natural death; the man from another country who is living with you may take it for food, or you may get a price for it from one of another nation; for you are a holy people to the Lord your God. The young goat is not to be cooked in its mother's milk.

  • Lev 7:3-4
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    3 And all the fat of it, the fat tail and the fat covering the inside parts, is to be given as an offering.

    4 And the two kidneys, and the fat on them, which is by the top of the legs, and the fat joining the liver and the kidneys, he is to take away:

  • Lev 17:3
    74%

    3 If any man of Israel puts to death an ox or a lamb or a goat, in or outside the tent-circle;

  • Lev 7:19-20
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    73%

    19 And flesh touched by any unclean thing may not be taken for food: it is to be burned with fire; and as for the flesh of the peace-offerings, everyone who is clean may take it as food:

    20 But he who is unclean when he takes as food the flesh of the peace-offerings, which are the Lord's, will be cut off from his people.

  • Exod 29:13
    73%

    13 And take all the fat covering the inside of the ox, and the fat joining the liver and the two kidneys with the fat round them, and let them be burned on the altar;

  • Lev 9:3
    73%

    3 And say to the children of Israel: Take a he-goat for a sin-offering, and a young ox and a lamb, in their first year, without any mark on them, for a burned offering;

  • Ezek 34:3
    72%

    3 You take the milk and are clothed with the wool, you put the fat beasts to death, but you give the sheep no food.

  • Jer 7:21
    72%

    21 These are the words of the Lord of armies, the God of Israel: Put your burned offerings with your offerings of beasts, and take flesh for your food.

  • Deut 17:1
    72%

    1 No ox or sheep which has a mark on it or is damaged in any way may be offered to the Lord your God: for that is disgusting to the Lord your God.

  • Deut 14:6-7
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    72%

    6 Any beast which has a division in the horn of its foot and whose food comes back into its mouth to be crushed again, may be used for food.

    7 But even among these, there are some which may not be used for food: such as the camel, the hare, and the coney, which are unclean to you, because, though their food comes back, the horn of their feet is not parted in two.

  • Exod 22:31
    72%

    31 You are to be holy men to me: the flesh of no animal whose death has been caused by the beasts of the field may be used for your food; it is to be given to the dogs.

  • Lev 9:19
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    19 And as for the fat of the ox and the fat tail of the sheep and the fat covering the inside parts and the kidneys and the fat on the liver;

  • Lev 22:26
    71%

    26 And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Lev 22:8
    71%

    8 That which comes to a natural death, or is attacked by beasts, he may not take as food, for it will make him unclean: I am the Lord.

  • Lev 4:19
    71%

    19 And he is to take off all its fat, burning it on the altar.

  • Isa 5:17
    71%

    17 Then the lambs will get food as in their grass-lands, and the fat cattle will be feasting in the waste places.

  • Lev 8:16
    71%

    16 And he took all the fat on the inside parts, and the fat on the liver, and the two kidneys with their fat, to be burned on the altar;

  • Lev 4:8-9
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    71%

    8 And he is to take away all the fat of the ox of the sin-offering; the fat covering the inside parts and all the fat of the inside parts,

    9 And the two kidneys, with the fat on them, which is by the top part of the legs, and the fat joining the liver and the kidneys, he is to take away,

  • Lev 17:14
    71%

    14 For the blood is the life of all flesh: and so I have said to the children of Israel, You may not take any sort of blood as food, and any man who does so will be cut of.

  • Deut 12:23
    71%

    23 But see that you do not take the blood for food; for the blood is the life; and you may not make use of the life as food with the flesh.

  • Lev 22:19
    71%

    19 So that it may be pleasing to the Lord, let him give a male, without any mark, from among the oxen or the sheep or the goats.

  • Lev 3:3-4
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    71%

    3 And he is to give of the peace-offering, as an offering made by fire to the Lord; the fat covering the inside parts and all the fat on the inside parts,

    4 And the two kidneys, and the fat on them, which is by the top part of the legs, and the fat joining the liver and the kidneys, he is to take away;

  • Lev 1:2
    71%

    2 Give these orders to the children of Israel: When anyone of you makes an offering to the Lord, you are to take it from the cattle, from the herd or from the flock.

  • Lev 11:8
    71%

    8 Their flesh may not be used for food, and their dead bodies may not even be touched; they are unclean to you.

  • Deut 32:14
    70%

    14 Butter from his cows and milk from his sheep, with fat of lambs and sheep of Bashan, and goats, and the heart of the grain; and for your drink, wine from the blood of the grape.

  • Num 18:17
    70%

    17 But no such payment may be made for the first birth of an ox or a sheep or a goat; these are holy: their blood is to be dropped on the altar, and their fat burned for an offering made by fire, a sweet smell to the Lord.

  • Gen 9:4
    70%

    4 But flesh with the life-blood in it you may not take for food.

  • Ezek 39:18
    70%

    18 The flesh of the men of war will be your food, and your drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of sheep and lambs, of he-goats, of oxen, all of them fat beasts of Bashan.

  • Lev 11:42
    70%

    42 Whatever goes on its stomach or on four feet or has a great number of feet, even all those going flat on the earth, may not be used for food, for they are disgusting.