Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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.
General references
Bible References
General references
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.
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.