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.
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Bible References
The blood is
Genesis 9:4
However, you are not to eat meat with its life that is, its blood in it!
Leviticus 3:16
The priest is to burn it on the altar, a food offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma. All the fat belongs to the LORD.
Leviticus 17:11
because the life of the flesh is in the blood itself, and I myself have given it to you all so that atonement may be made for your souls on the altar, since the blood itself makes atonement through the life that is in it.
Matthew 20:28
That's the way it is with the Son of Man. He did not come to be served, but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many people."
Revelation 5:9
They sang a new song: "You are worthy to take the scroll and open its seals, because you were slaughtered. With your blood you purchased people for God from every tribe, language, people, and nation.
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Leviticus 17:14
because the life of any flesh is the blood itself. Therefore, I'm saying to the Israelis that the blood of any flesh is not to be eaten, because the life of any flesh is in its blood. Anyone who eats of it is to be eliminated from contact with his people.
Deuteronomy 12:16
Only, you must not consume the blood; instead, pour it out on the ground as you would water.
Deuteronomy 15:23
Only you must not eat its blood. Pour it on the ground like water."