Mitzvah #192 Negative Prohibition (Mitzvah Lo Ta'asseh)
„Do not eat blood“
Scripture Reference: LEV 3:17 (Torah Portion (Parashah): Vayikra)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
'It is a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings: you shall not eat any fat or any blood.'"
Hebrew Text (Torah)
יז חֻקַּת עוֹלָם לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶם, בְּכֹל מוֹשְׁבֹתֵיכֶם--כָּל-חֵלֶב וְכָל-דָּם, לֹא תֹאכֵלוּ. {פ}
Greek Text (Septuagint)
17 νόμιμον εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα εἰς τὰς γενεὰς ὑμῶν ἐν πάσῃ κατοικίᾳ ὑμῶν· πᾶν στέαρ καὶ πᾶν αἷμα οὐκ ἔδεσθε.
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) Vayikra
Sefer HaChinuch Number #148
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Holiness (Buch 5)
Section: Forbidden Foods
Systematic Category (P119f) Food