Thematic Bible: Is the life


Thematic Bible



When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but that a riot was starting instead, he took some water, washed his hands in front of the crowd, and said, “I am innocent of this man’s blood. See to it yourselves!”



But don’t eat the blood, since the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.

“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said.

“What’s that to us?” they said. “See to it yourself!”

Since the life of every creature is its blood, I have told the Israelites: You must not eat the blood of any creature, because the life of every creature is its blood; whoever eats it must be cut off.

You must not go about spreading slander among your people; you must not jeopardize your neighbor’s life; I am Yahweh.


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