Leviticus 19:26 “You must not eat anything with blood still in it. You must not practic…”

Leviticus 19:26

You must not eat anything with blood still in it. You must not practice divination or sorcery.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times.

World English Bible

“‘You shall not eat any meat with the blood still in it. You shall not use enchantments, nor practice sorcery.

American Standard Version

Ye shall not eat anything with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantments, nor practise augury.

Geneva Bible 1599

Ye shall not eat the flesh with the blood, ye shall not vse witchcraft, nor obserue times.

Darby Translation

Ye shall eat nothing with the blood. — Ye shall not practise enchantment, nor use auguries.

Young's Literal Translation

'Ye do not eat with the blood; ye do not enchant, nor observe clouds.

Bible in Basic English

Nothing may be used for food with its blood in it; you may not make use of strange arts, or go in search of signs and wonders.

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Cross references

“with the blood”

Deuteronomy 12:23 Leviticus 3:17 Leviticus 7:26 Leviticus 17:10–14

Deuteronomy 12:23 · BSB

Only be sure not to eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.

Leviticus 3:17 · BSB

This is a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live: You must not eat any fat or any blood.”

Leviticus 7:26 · BSB

You must not eat the blood of any bird or animal in any of your dwellings.

Leviticus 17:10–14 · BSB

If anyone from the house of Israel or a foreigner living among them eats any blood, I will set My face against that person and cut him off from among his people.

“use”

Jeremiah 10:2 Exodus 7:11 Exodus 8:7 1 Samuel 15:23 Daniel 2:10 Malachi 3:5

Jeremiah 10:2 · BSB

This is what the LORD says: “Do not learn the ways of the nations or be terrified by the signs in the heavens, though the nations themselves are terrified by them.

Exodus 7:11 · BSB

But Pharaoh called the wise men and sorcerers and magicians of Egypt, and they also did the same things by their magic arts.

Exodus 8:7 · BSB

But the magicians did the same thing by their magic arts, and they also brought frogs up onto the land of Egypt.

1 Samuel 15:23 · BSB

For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance is like the wickedness of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has rejected you as king.”

Daniel 2:10 · BSB

The astrologers answered the king, “No one on earth can do what the king requests! No king, however great and powerful, has ever asked anything like this of any magician, enchanter, or astrologer.

Malachi 3:5 · BSB

“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their…

“nor”

Deuteronomy 18:10–14 2 Kings 17:17 2 Chronicles 33:6 2 Kings 21:6

Deuteronomy 18:10–14 · BSB

Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, practices divination or conjury, interprets omens, practices sorcery,

2 Kings 17:17 · BSB

They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire and practiced divination and soothsaying. They devoted themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.

2 Chronicles 33:6 · BSB

He sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Ben-hinnom. He practiced sorcery, divination, and witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.

2 Kings 21:6 · BSB

He sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced sorcery and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

25But in the fifth year you may eat its fruit; thus your harvest will be increased. I am the LORD your God.

27You must not cut off the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard.

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