What Does Leviticus 17:7 Mean?

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“And they shall no more offer”

to slaughter an animal (usually in sacrifice)

properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“their sacrifices”

properly, a slaughter, i.e., the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)

“unto devils”

shaggy; as noun, a he-goat; by analogy, a faun

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

they (only used when emphatic)

“whom they have gone a whoring”

to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (

“after”

properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)

“This shall be a statute”

a statute

“for ever”

properly, concealed, i.e., the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e., (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

this (often used adverb)

they (only used when emphatic)

“unto them throughout their generations”

properly, a revolution of time, i.e., an age or generation; also a dwelling