Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation The life of every living thing is in the blood, and that is why the LORD has told the people of Israel that they shall not eat any meat with blood still in it and that anyone who does so will no longer be considered one of his people. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge For the life of all flesh is in the blood. Therefore I said to the children of Israel: you shall not eat the blood of any flesh at all, because the life of the flesh is in the blood, and whosoever eateth it, shall be cut off. Leviticus 17:11,12 Because the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you, that you may make atonement with it upon the altar for your souls, and the blood may be for an expiation of the soul. . . . Genesis 9:4 Saving that flesh with blood you shall not eat. Deuteronomy 12:23 Only beware of this, that thou eat not the blood, for the blood is for the soul: and therefore thou must not eat the soul with the flesh: Context Eating of Blood Forbidden…13Any man whosoever of the children of Israel, and of the strangers that sojourn among you, if by hunting or fowling, he take a wild beast or a bird, which is lawful to eat, let him pour out its blood, and cover it with earth. 14For the life of all flesh is in the blood. Therefore I said to the children of Israel: you shall not eat the blood of any flesh at all, because the life of the flesh is in the blood, and whosoever eateth it, shall be cut off.15The soul that eateth that which died of itself, or has been caught by a beast, whether he be one of your own country or a stranger, shall wash his clothes and himself with water, and shall be defiled until the evening: and in this manner he shall be made clean.… Cross References Acts 15:20 But that we write unto them, that they refrain themselves from the pollutions of idols and from fornication and from things strangled and from blood. Genesis 9:4 Saving that flesh with blood you shall not eat. Leviticus 17:11 Because the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you, that you may make atonement with it upon the altar for your souls, and the blood may be for an expiation of the soul. Jump to Previous Blood Children Creature Cut Eat Eateth Eats Flesh Identified Israel Israelites Kind Manner ThereofJump to Next Blood Children Creature Cut Eat Eateth Eats Flesh Identified Israel Israelites Kind Manner ThereofLinks Leviticus 17:14 NIVLeviticus 17:14 NLT Leviticus 17:14 ESV Leviticus 17:14 NASB Leviticus 17:14 Bible Apps Leviticus 17:14 Biblia Paralela Leviticus 17:14 Chinese Bible Leviticus 17:14 French Bible Leviticus 17:14 German Bible Alphabetical: all any anyone are as be because blood creature cut eat eats every flesh For have I identified is Israel Israelites it its life must not of off off' said shall sons That the Therefore to who whoever why with You OT Law: Leviticus 17:14 For as to the life of all (Le Lv Lev.) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |
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