Kill שָׁחַט

Inspiring Words Knight Vision · May 17, 2026 · 4m

We are in chapter one of Leviticus with our word for today. שָׁחַט slaughter, slay, kill. It is used 80 times in the Old Testament, 2 times in our chapter. We find our word used for the purpose of eating animals. 1 Samuel 14:31-32, 34 They struck down the Philistines ... the people were very faint. The people pounced on the spoil and took sheep and oxen and calves וַיִּשְׁחֲטוּ and slaughtered them on the ground … And Saul said, “Disperse yourselves among the people and say to them, ‘Let every man bring his ox or his sheep וּשְׁחַטְתֶּ֤ם and slaughter them here and eat.’” So every one of the…