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.
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Bible References
General references
Leviticus 17:11
Indeed the flesh's life [is] in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your lives, because it [is] the blood with the life that makes atonement.
Genesis 9:4
Only you shall not eat {raw flesh with blood in it}.
Deuteronomy 12:23
Only, be sure not to eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you shall not eat the life with the meat.