Leviticus 3:17
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Leviticus 3:17 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Leviticus 3:17 is a verse from the book of Leviticus in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Leviticus 3:17 — KJV
“It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.”
— Leviticus 3:17 (KJV)
Leviticus 3:17 in Context — About the Book of Leviticus
Leviticus is God's holiness handbook for a people learning to live near His presence. Through sacrifices, feasts, and purity laws, it teaches that sin is costly, atonement is necessary, and God desires a set-apart people. It points forward to the perfect sacrifice of Christ.
Cross-References for Leviticus 3:17
“And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.”
Shares key themes with Leviticus 3:17: statute, generations, throughout
“So these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.”
Shares key themes with Leviticus 3:17: statute, generations, throughout
“I will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor their fathers have known: and I will send a sword after them, till I have consumed them.”
Shares key themes with Leviticus 3:17: eat, neither, fat
“Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this place with the blood of innocents;”
Shares key themes with Leviticus 3:17: neither, fat, nor
“Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.”
Shares key themes with Leviticus 3:17: neither, fat, nor
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