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You shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of bird or of animal, in any of your dwellings.

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A Universal Prohibition

Commentators explain that this law was comprehensive. The phrase 'in any of your dwellings' shows it applied not just to sacrifices at the tabernacle, but to any bird or beast prepared for a meal at home, making it a universal rule for daily life in Israel.

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Leviticus

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

On Leviticus 7:26

18th Century

Theologian

No manner of blood - See Leviticus 17:10-15.

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

On Leviticus 7:26

19th Century

Bishop

Moreover you shall eat... — Better, and you shall eat no blood in all your dwellings. That is, this law is binding upon t…

John Gill

John Gill

On Leviticus 7:26

17th Century

Pastor

Moreover you shall eat no manner of blood Of any of the above creatures, or any other, even of any clean creature, and mu…

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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

On Leviticus 7:11–27

17th Century

Minister

Regarding the peace-offerings, God allowed them more freedom in expressing their sense of mercy than in expressing their sense of sin, so that thei…