Lev 19:26 | NETfull | STEP | “‘You must not eat anything with the blood still in it. You must not practice either divination or soothsaying.

Leviticus 19:26

Blood, Hair, and Body

26 “‘You must not eat anything with the blood still in it. ^{▼▼ Heb “You shall not eat on the blood.” See the extensive remarks in J. E. Hartley, Leviticus (WBC), 319-20, and B. A. Levine, Leviticus (JPSTC), 132–33. The LXX has “on the mountains,” suggesting that this is a prohibition against illegitimate places and occasions of worship, not the eating of blood.} You must not practice either divination or soothsaying. ^{▼▼ Heb “You shall not practice divination and you shall not practice soothsaying”; cf. NRSV “practice augury or witchcraft.” For suggestions regarding the practices involved see B. A. Levine, Leviticus (JPSTC), 133, and J. E. Hartley, Leviticus (WBC), 320.}