Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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
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Bible References
The blood is
Genesis 9:4
Only you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood.
Leviticus 3:16
The priest shall offer them up in smoke on the altar as food, an offering by fire for a soothing aroma; all fat is the Lord’s.
Leviticus 17:11
For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood by reason of the life that makes atonement.’
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.”
Revelation 5:9
And they *sang a new song, saying,
“Worthy are You to take the book and to break its seals; for You were slain, and purchased for God with Your blood men from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.
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Leviticus 17:14
“For as for the life of all flesh, its blood is identified with its life. Therefore I said to the sons of Israel, ‘You are not to eat the blood of any flesh, for the life of all flesh is its blood; whoever eats it shall be cut off.’
Deuteronomy 12:16 Only you shall not eat the blood; you are to pour it out on the ground like water.
Deuteronomy 15:23
Only you shall not eat its blood; you are to pour it out on the ground like water.