Negative Commandment #193 of 613
Do not eat certain fats of clean animals
Commandment #193 — a prohibition from Leviticus 3:17, classified under Food in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“'It is a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings: you shall not eat any fat or any blood.'"”
— Leviticus 3:17
Hebrew
חֻקַּת עוֹלָם לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶם בְּכֹל מוֹשְׁבֹתֵיכֶם כָּל־חֵלֶב וְכָל־דָּם לֹא תֹאכֵלוּ׃ פ
Greek (Septuagint)
νόμιμον εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα εἰς τὰς γενεὰς ὑμῶν ἐν πάσῃ κατοικίᾳ ὑμῶν πᾶν στέαρ καὶ πᾶν αἷμα οὐκ ἔδεσθε
Classification
- Type
- Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
- Category
- Food
- Book
- leviticus
- Chapter
- 3
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Vayikra
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #147
- Mishneh Torah
- HolinessForbidden Foods
Related Commandments in “Food”
#176: Examine the signs of animals to distinguish between those which are kosher and non-kosher
Leviticus 11:2
#177: Examine the signs of fowl to distinguish between those which are kosher and non-kosher
Deuteronomy 14:11
#178: Examine the signs of fish to distinguish between those which are kosher and non-kosher
Leviticus 11:9
#179: Examine the signs of insects to distinguish between those which are kosher and non-kosher
Leviticus 11:21
#180: Do not eat non-kosher animals
Leviticus 11:4
#181: Do not eat non-kosher fowl
Leviticus 11:13
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