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
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.’
Genesis 9:4
Only you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood.
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.