Leviticus 3:17

It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.

Cross-reference

Leviticus 3:16 states all fat belongs to the LORD, giving the rationale for the prohibition that follows immediately.

Leviticus 7:23 repeats the prohibition of eating fat from ox, sheep, or goat, reinforcing the same command.

Leviticus 7:25-27 adds penalties for eating fat or blood, expanding the prohibition to include consequences.

Leviticus 17:10-14 explains the blood prohibition and its theological basis, directly relating to the blood part of this verse.

Leviticus 7:26 directly repeats the prohibition against eating blood, reinforcing the same law.

Leviticus 19:26 forbids eating flesh with blood, directly parallel to the blood prohibition here.

Genesis 9:4 Allusion

Genesis 9:4 is the first command against eating blood, establishing the precedent for the blood prohibition here.

Deuteronomy 12:16 repeats the blood prohibition, stressing pouring it out on the ground — a practical application of the same law.

Deuteronomy 12:23 gives the reason for the blood prohibition — the blood is the life — reinforcing the same command.

Deuteronomy 15:23 reinforces the blood prohibition—'pour it out like water'—paralleling the dietary law here. Fat not mentioned.

1 Samuel 14:32–34 Historical context

1 Samuel 14:32-34 shows Israel violating this law by eating meat with blood, and Saul enforcing the prohibition—a narrative illustration.

Ezekiel 33:25 condemns eating blood as part of Israel's sins—directly echoing the same prohibition from Leviticus.

Acts 15:20 Citation

Acts 15:20 commands abstaining from blood in the apostolic decree—directly applying the OT prohibition to Gentile believers.

Acts 15:29 Citation

Acts 15:29 repeats the decree's blood abstinence—a direct re-statement of this Levitical law for Gentiles.

Genesis 4:4 Typology

Genesis 4:4 shows Abel offering fat portions to God, prefiguring the principle that fat belongs to the Lord, as in Leviticus.

1 Timothy 4:4 declares all foods good, contrasting with the dietary restriction on fat and blood in Leviticus.