Leviticus 19:26 (YLT)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

Leviticus 19:24 and in the fourth year all its fruit is holy--praises for Jehovah.

Leviticus 19:25 And in the fifth year ye do eat its fruit--to add to you its increase; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah your God.

Leviticus 19:26 `Ye do not eat with the blood; ye do not enchant, nor observe clouds.

Leviticus 19:27 `Ye do not round the corner of your head, nor destroy the corner of thy beard.

Leviticus 19:28 `And a cutting for the soul ye do not put in your flesh; and a writing, a cross-mark, ye do not put on you; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "blood", "enchant", "observe", and "clouds". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "blood" and "enchant", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 25's "And in the fifth year ye do..." into verse 27's "Ye do not round the corner of...", so "blood" and "enchant" belong inside that flow. In Leviticus context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "blood" and "enchant" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.