Deuteronomy 12:23

But don’t eat the blood, since the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.

Leviticus 17:11

For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have appointed it to you to make atonement on the altar for your lives, since it is the lifeblood that makes atonement.

Genesis 9:4

However, you must not eat meat with its lifeblood in it.

Leviticus 17:13-14

“Any Israelite or foreigner living among them, who hunts down a wild animal or bird that may be eaten must drain its blood and cover it with dirt.

Leviticus 3:16-17

Then the priest will burn the food on the altar, as a fire offering for a pleasing aroma.

“All fat belongs to the Lord.

Deuteronomy 12:16

but you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.

Matthew 20:28

just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life—a ransom for many.”

And they sang a new song:

You are worthy to take the scroll
and to open its seals,
because You were slaughtered,
and You redeemed people
for God by Your blood
from every tribe and language
and people and nation.

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Summary

Deuteronomy 12:23

Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.

The blood is

Revelation 5:9

General references

Leviticus 17:14

Deuteronomy 12:16

Deuteronomy 15:23

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