Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Therefore I say to the Israelites, “None of you may eat blood, nor may any foreigner residing among you eat blood.” New Living Translation That is why I have said to the people of Israel, ‘You must never eat or drink blood—neither you nor the foreigners living among you.’ English Standard Version Therefore I have said to the people of Israel, No person among you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger who sojourns among you eat blood. Berean Standard Bible Therefore I say to the Israelites, ‘None of you may eat blood, nor may any foreigner living among you eat blood.’ King James Bible Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood. New King James Version Therefore I said to the children of Israel, ‘No one among you shall eat blood, nor shall any stranger who dwells among you eat blood.’ New American Standard Bible Therefore I said to the sons of Israel, ‘No person among you may eat blood, nor may any stranger who resides among you eat blood.’ NASB 1995 “Therefore I said to the sons of Israel, ‘No person among you may eat blood, nor may any alien who sojourns among you eat blood.’ NASB 1977 “Therefore I said to the sons of Israel, ‘No person among you may eat blood, nor may any alien who sojourns among you eat blood.’ Legacy Standard Bible Therefore I said to the sons of Israel, ‘No person among you may eat blood, and no sojourner who sojourns among you may eat blood.’ Amplified Bible Therefore I have said to the sons of Israel, ‘No person among you may eat blood, nor may any stranger living temporarily among you eat blood.’ Christian Standard Bible Therefore I say to the Israelites: None of you and no alien who resides among you may eat blood. Holman Christian Standard Bible Therefore I say to the Israelites: None of you and no foreigner who lives among you may eat blood.” American Standard Version Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Because of this, I have said to the children of Israel, ‘No soul of you will devour blood, and those who are converted to me who dwell with you shall not eat blood. Brenton Septuagint Translation Therefore I said to the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, and the stranger that abides among you shall not eat blood. Contemporary English Version That's also why I have forbidden you to eat blood. Douay-Rheims Bible Therefore I have said to the children of Israel: No soul of you, nor of the strangers that sojourn among you, shall eat blood. English Revised Version Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood. GOD'S WORD® Translation That is why I have said to the people of Israel: Neither you nor foreigners should ever eat blood. Good News Translation That is why the LORD has told the people of Israel that neither they nor any foreigner living among them shall eat any meat with blood still in it. International Standard Version This is why I've told the Israelis that no person among you is to eat blood. Even the resident alien who lives among you is not to eat blood. JPS Tanakh 1917 Therefore I said unto the children of Israel: No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood. Literal Standard Version Therefore I have said to the sons of Israel: No person among you eats blood, and the sojourner who is sojourning in your midst does not eat blood; Majority Standard Bible Therefore I say to the Israelites, ‘None of you may eat blood, nor may any foreigner living among you eat blood.’ New American Bible That is why I have told the Israelites: No one among you, not even a resident alien, may consume blood. NET Bible Therefore, I have said to the Israelites: No person among you is to eat blood, and no resident foreigner who lives among you is to eat blood. New Revised Standard Version Therefore I have said to the people of Israel: No person among you shall eat blood, nor shall any alien who resides among you eat blood. New Heart English Bible Therefore I have said to the children of Israel, "No person among you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger who lives as a foreigner among you eat blood." Webster's Bible Translation Therefore I said to the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood. World English Bible Therefore I have said to the children of Israel, “No person among you may eat blood, nor may any stranger who lives as a foreigner among you eat blood.” Young's Literal Translation 'Therefore I have said to the sons of Israel, No person among you doth eat blood, and the sojourner who is sojourning in your midst doth not eat blood; Additional Translations ... Context Eating of Blood Forbidden…11For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for your souls upon the altar; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul. 12Therefore I say to the Israelites, ‘None of you may eat blood, nor may any foreigner living among you eat blood.’ 13And if any Israelite or foreigner living among them hunts down a wild animal or bird that may be eaten, he must drain its blood and cover it with dirt.… Cross References Leviticus 17:11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for your souls upon the altar; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul. Leviticus 17:13 And if any Israelite or foreigner living among them hunts down a wild animal or bird that may be eaten, he must drain its blood and cover it with dirt. Ezekiel 33:25 Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: 'You eat meat with the blood in it, lift up your eyes to your idols, and shed blood. Should you then possess the land? Treasury of Scripture Therefore I said to the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojournes among you eat blood. neither Exodus 12:49 One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you. Jump to Previous Alien Blood Children Eat Food Foreigner Israel Israelites Midst Others Reason Sojourner Sojourneth Sojourning Sojourns Soul StrangerJump to Next Alien Blood Children Eat Food Foreigner Israel Israelites Midst Others Reason Sojourner Sojourneth Sojourning Sojourns Soul StrangerLeviticus 17 1. The blood of slain beasts must be offered to the Lord at the tabernacle door7. They must not offer to idols 10. All eating of blood is forbidden 15. and of all that dies by itself, or is torn (12) Therefore I said . . . --Because it is the vehicle of life, and has been ordained by God to atone for life, the children of Israel are here forbidden to eat it. The strangers are also prohibited eating blood, because they have submitted to the law of the land, and because their eating it would not only infringe the law which they have voluntarily adopted, but would lessen the horror with which such indulgence was regarded by the Jews. Hence the enforcement of this prohibition by the Apostle (Acts 15:20; Acts 15:29; Acts 21:25).Verse 12. - This verse emphatically restates that the atoning power of the blood, as being the seat of life, is the reason that the eating of it is forbidden, and the same statement is repeated in a different connexion in verse 14. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Thereforeעַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against I say אָמַ֙רְתִּי֙ (’ā·mar·tî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 559: To utter, say to the Israelites, לִבְנֵ֣י (liḇ·nê) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 1121: A son ‘None כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every of you מִכֶּ֖ם (mik·kem) Preposition | second person masculine plural Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of may eat תֹ֣אכַל (ṯō·ḵal) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 398: To eat blood, דָּ֑ם (dām) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1818: Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed nor may לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no any foreigner וְהַגֵּ֛ר (wə·hag·gêr) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1616: A guest, a foreigner living הַגָּ֥ר (hag·gār) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 1481: To turn aside from the road, sojourn, to shrink, fear, to gather for, hostility among you בְּתוֹכְכֶ֖ם (bə·ṯō·wḵ·ḵem) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural Strong's 8432: A bisection, the centre eat יֹ֥אכַל (yō·ḵal) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 398: To eat blood.’ דָּֽם׃ (dām) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1818: Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed Links Leviticus 17:12 NIVLeviticus 17:12 NLT Leviticus 17:12 ESV Leviticus 17:12 NASB Leviticus 17:12 KJV Leviticus 17:12 BibleApps.com Leviticus 17:12 Biblia Paralela Leviticus 17:12 Chinese Bible Leviticus 17:12 French Bible Leviticus 17:12 Catholic Bible OT Law: Leviticus 17:12 Therefore I have said to the children (Le Lv Lev.) |
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