The Meaning of Leviticus 7:26 Explained

Leviticus 7:26

KJV: Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings.

YLT: 'And any blood ye do not eat in all your dwellings, of fowl, or of beast;

Darby: And no blood shall ye eat in any of your dwellings, whether it be of fowl or of cattle.

ASV: And ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of bird or of beast, in any of your dwellings.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Moreover ye shall eat  no manner of blood,  [whether it be] of fowl  or of beast,  in any of your dwellings. 

What does Leviticus 7:26 Mean?

Context Summary

Leviticus 7:22-38 - Things Forbidden The Portion Of The Priests
The eating of the fat and the blood was prohibited; the first probably during the pilgrimage, the latter in perpetuity. See Leviticus 3:17. When we are told that the disobedient soul must be cut off, it refers probably to the excommunication which the priest pronounced until the offender had repented and was reinstated in the privileges of God's house. The waving of parts of the victim consisted in the priest placing his hands beneath those of the offerer, who held the piece to be waved, and moving them slowly backward and forward before the Lord, to and from the altar. The heaving was performed by slowly lifting the pieces upward and downward. These movements signified that the pieces, though not burned at the altar, were specially consecrated to God's service. The shoulder is the emblem of government and strength; the breast of the affections. We specially need to meditate on these aspects of our Lord's character. It may be that the action referred to in Acts 13:3 meant that the Church waved the two first missionaries as a votive-offering to God. [source]

Chapter Summary: Leviticus 7

1  The law of the trespass offering
11  and of the peace offering
12  whether it be for a thanksgiving
16  or a vow, or a free will offering
22  the fat and the blood are forbidden
28  The priests' portion in the peace offerings
35  The whole summed up

What do the individual words in Leviticus 7:26 mean?

Moreover any blood not you shall eat in any of your dwellings [whether] of bird or beast
וְכָל־ דָּם֙ לֹ֣א תֹאכְל֔וּ בְּכֹ֖ל מוֹשְׁבֹתֵיכֶ֑ם לָע֖וֹף וְלַבְּהֵמָֽה

וְכָל־  Moreover  any 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
דָּם֙  blood 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּם  
Sense: blood.
תֹאכְל֔וּ  you  shall  eat 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine plural
Root: אָכַל  
Sense: to eat, devour, burn up, feed.
בְּכֹ֖ל  in  any 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
מוֹשְׁבֹתֵיכֶ֑ם  of  your  dwellings 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine plural
Root: מֹושָׁב  
Sense: seat, assembly, dwelling-place, dwelling, dwellers.
לָע֖וֹף  [whether]  of  bird 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֹוף  
Sense: flying creatures, fowl, insects, birds.
וְלַבְּהֵמָֽה  or  beast 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: בְּהֵמָה  
Sense: beast, cattle, animal.