King James Version
Leviticus 3:17 in the King James Version says “It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.” — study this verse from Leviticus chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.”
Leviticus 3:17 · KJV
And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away.
And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet savour: all the fat is the LORD'S.
It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“It shall be a perpetual”
H5769properly, concealed, i.e., the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e., (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial
“for your generations”
H1755properly, a revolution of time, i.e., an age or generation; also a dwelling
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“throughout all your dwellings”
H4186a seat; figuratively, a site; abstractly, a session; by extension an abode (the place or the time); by implication, population
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“neither fat”
H2459fat, whether literally or figuratively; hence, the richest or choice part
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“nor blood”
H1818blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshe
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
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