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.’

Genesis 9:4

Only you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood.

Leviticus 17:11-12

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.’

Deuteronomy 12:23

Only be sure not to eat the blood, for the blood is the life, and you shall not eat the life with the flesh.

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Leviticus 17:14

For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off.

General references

Leviticus 17:11

Genesis 9:4

Deuteronomy 12:23

Bible References

General references

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.’

Only you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood.

Only be sure not to eat the blood, for the blood is the life, and you shall not eat the life with the flesh.