Genesis 9:4
New King James Version
4 (A)But you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood.
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Genesis 9:4
New International Version
4 “But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it.(A)
Leviticus 7:26
New King James Version
26 (A)Moreover you shall not eat any blood in any of your dwellings, whether of bird or beast.
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Leviticus 7:26
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26 And wherever you live, you must not eat the blood(A) of any bird or animal.
Leviticus 17:10-12
New King James Version
10 (A)‘And whatever man of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who dwell among you, who eats any blood, (B)I will set My face against that person who eats blood, and will cut him off from among his people. 11 For the (C)life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you upon the altar (D)to make atonement for your souls; for (E)it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.’ 12 Therefore I said to the children of Israel, ‘No one among you shall eat blood, nor shall any stranger who dwells among you eat blood.’
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Leviticus 17:10-12
New International Version
10 “‘I will set my face against any Israelite or any foreigner residing among them who eats blood,(A) and I will cut them off from the people. 11 For the life of a creature is in the blood,(B) and I have given it to you to make atonement for yourselves on the altar; it is the blood that makes atonement for one’s life.[a](C) 12 Therefore I say to the Israelites, “None of you may eat blood, nor may any foreigner residing among you eat blood.”
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- Leviticus 17:11 Or atonement by the life in the blood
1 Samuel 14:33
New King James Version
33 Then they told Saul, saying, “Look, the people are sinning against the Lord by eating with the blood!”
So he said, “You have dealt treacherously; roll a large stone to me this day.”
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1 Samuel 14:33
New International Version
33 Then someone said to Saul, “Look, the men are sinning against the Lord by eating meat that has blood(A) in it.”
“You have broken faith,” he said. “Roll a large stone over here at once.”
Acts 15:20
New King James Version
20 but that we (A)write to them to abstain (B)from things polluted by idols, (C)from [a]sexual immorality, (D)from things strangled, and from blood.
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- Acts 15:20 Or fornication
Acts 15:20
New International Version
20 Instead we should write to them, telling them to abstain from food polluted by idols,(A) from sexual immorality,(B) from the meat of strangled animals and from blood.(C)
Acts 15:29
New King James Version
29 (A)that you abstain from things offered to idols, (B)from blood, from things strangled, and from (C)sexual[a] immorality. If you keep yourselves from these, you will do well.
Farewell.
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- Acts 15:29 Or fornication
Acts 15:29
New International Version
29 You are to abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals and from sexual immorality.(A) You will do well to avoid these things.
Farewell.
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