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Leviticus 19

Lev. 19:26 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Ye shall not eat
'akal (Hebrew #398)
to eat (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, X freely, X in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, X quite.
Pronounce: aw-kal'
Origin: a primitive root
any thing with the blood
dam (Hebrew #1818)
blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)
KJV usage: blood(-y, -guiltiness, (-thirsty), + innocent.
Pronounce: dawm
Origin: from 1826 (compare 119)
m: neither shall ye use enchantment
nachash (Hebrew #5172)
properly, to hiss, i.e. whisper a (magic) spell; generally, to prognosticate
KJV usage: X certainly, divine, enchanter, (use) X enchantment, learn by experience, X indeed, diligently observe.
Pronounce: naw-khash'
Origin: a primitive root
o, nor observe times
`anan (Hebrew #6049)
to cover; used only as a denominative from 6051, to cloud over; figuratively, to act covertly, i.e. practise magic
KJV usage: X bring, enchanter, Meonemin, observe(-r of) times, soothsayer, sorcerer.
Pronounce: aw-nan'
Origin: a primitive root
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Deut. 12:23• 23Only, be sure that thou eat not the blood; for the blood is the life, and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh; (Deut. 12:23)
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Deut. 18:10‑14• 10There shall not be found among you he that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, that useth divination, that useth auguries, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer,
 11or a charmer, or one that inquireth of a spirit of Python, or a soothsayer, or one that consulteth the dead.
 12For all that do these things are an abomination unto Jehovah: and because of these abominations Jehovah thy God doth drive them out from before thee.
 13Thou shalt be perfect with Jehovah thy God.
 14For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto observers of times, and unto diviners: but Jehovah thy God hath not suffered thee so to do. (Deut. 18:10‑14)

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Ministry on This Verse

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with the blood.
Lev. 3:17• 17[It is] an everlasting statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings: no fat and no blood shall ye eat. (Lev. 3:17)
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Lev. 7:26• 26And ye shall eat no blood of fowl or beast, in any of your dwellings. (Lev. 7:26)
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Lev. 17:10‑14• 10And every one of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who sojourn among them, that eateth any manner of blood—I will set my face against the soul that eateth the blood, and I will cut him off from among his people,
 11for the life of the flesh is in the blood; and I have given it to you upon the altar to atone for your souls, for it is the blood that maketh atonement for the soul.
 12Therefore have I said to the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall the stranger who sojourneth among you eat blood.
 13And every one of the children of Israel, and of the strangers that sojourn among them, that catcheth in the hunt a beast or fowl which may be eaten, he shall pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with earth;
 14for as to the life of all flesh, its blood is the life in it : and I have said to the children of Israel, Of the blood of no manner of flesh shall ye eat, for the life of all flesh is its blood: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off. (Lev. 17:10‑14)
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Deut. 12:23• 23Only, be sure that thou eat not the blood; for the blood is the life, and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh; (Deut. 12:23)
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Ex. 7:11• 11And Pharaoh also called the sages and the sorcerers; and they too, the scribes of Egypt, did so with their enchantments: (Ex. 7:11)
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Ex. 8:7• 7And the scribes did so with their sorceries, and brought up frogs on the land of Egypt. (Ex. 8:7)
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1 Sam. 15:23• 23For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft.{HR}And stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.{HR}Because thou hast rejected the word, of Jehovah,{HR}He hath also rejected thee from being king. (1 Sam. 15:23)
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Jer. 10:2• 2Thus saith Jehovah, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them. (Jer. 10:2)
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Dan. 2:10• 10The Chaldeans answered before the king and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can show the king's matter; therefore there is no king, however great and powerful, that hath asked such a thing of any scribe, or magician, or Chaldean. (Dan. 2:10)
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Mal. 3:5• 5And I will come near to you to judgment, and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts. (Mal. 3:5)
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Deut. 18:10‑14• 10There shall not be found among you he that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, that useth divination, that useth auguries, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer,
 11or a charmer, or one that inquireth of a spirit of Python, or a soothsayer, or one that consulteth the dead.
 12For all that do these things are an abomination unto Jehovah: and because of these abominations Jehovah thy God doth drive them out from before thee.
 13Thou shalt be perfect with Jehovah thy God.
 14For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto observers of times, and unto diviners: but Jehovah thy God hath not suffered thee so to do. (Deut. 18:10‑14)
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2 Kings 17:17• 17and they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger. (2 Kings 17:17)
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2 Kings 21:6• 6And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of Jehovah to provoke him to anger. (2 Kings 21:6)
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2 Chron. 33:6• 6He also caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom; and he used magic and divination and sorcery, and appointed necromancers and soothsayers: he wrought evil beyond measure in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger. (2 Chron. 33:6)
• {v.26-28} Then not only is the eating of anything with the blood forbidden, but enchantments and auguries, and heathenish ways in trimming of heads and beards, cutting of the flesh and tattooing, as opposed to Jehovah. (“Israel Holy to Jehovah: 8. Israel's Holiness” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

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