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Leviticus 17:12-14
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Leviticus 17:12-14
EasyEnglish Bible
12 For this reason, Israel's people must not eat blood. And the people who are travelling with them must not eat blood.[a]
13 A person may catch an animal or a bird that is clean to eat. If he does, he must pour its blood on the ground. He must cover the blood with some earth. 14 The animal's life is in its blood. That is why no Israelite should eat any animal's blood. You must send any person that eats blood away from your people.
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- 17:12 Jews still obey this rule. They call meat with no blood in it ‘kosher meat’.
Leviticus 17:12-14
New International Version
Leviticus 17:12-14
New International Version
12 Therefore I say to the Israelites, “None of you may eat blood, nor may any foreigner residing among you eat blood.”
13 “‘Any Israelite or any foreigner residing among you who hunts any animal or bird that may be eaten must drain out the blood and cover it with earth,(A) 14 because the life of every creature is its blood. That is why I have said to the Israelites, “You must not eat the blood of any creature, because the life of every creature is its blood; anyone who eats it must be cut off.”(B)
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