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Leviticus 17:9-11
New Catholic Bible
Leviticus 17:9-11
New Catholic Bible
9 and does not bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting to offer it to the Lord, that person will be cut off from among his people. 10 [a]Whoever from the house of Israel or from among the aliens living in your midst eats anything with blood, I will set my face against that person and he shall be cut off from among his people. 11 The life of all flesh is found in its blood. I have given it to you to make atonement for your life upon the altar. Blood is to make atonement for one’s life.’
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- Leviticus 17:10 For the ancients blood was the symbol of life, and life belonged to God alone. Therefore, blood was not to serve as a food (see Acts 15:20, 29).