Leviticus 17:14

for the life of all flesh is its blood. So I have said to the Israelites: You must not eat the blood of any living thing because the life of every living thing is its blood -- all who eat it will be cut off.

Genesis 9:4

But you must not eat meat with its life (that is, its blood) in it.

Leviticus 17:11-12

for the life of every living thing is in the blood. So I myself have assigned it to you on the altar to make atonement for your lives, for the blood makes atonement by means of the life.

Deuteronomy 12:23

However, by no means eat the blood, for the blood is life itself -- you must not eat the life with the meat!

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Summary

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.

Bible References

General references

Leviticus 17:11
for the life of every living thing is in the blood. So I myself have assigned it to you on the altar to make atonement for your lives, for the blood makes atonement by means of the life.
Genesis 9:4
But you must not eat meat with its life (that is, its blood) in it.
Deuteronomy 12:23
However, by no means eat the blood, for the blood is life itself -- you must not eat the life with the meat!

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