Genesis 9:4
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4 (A)But you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood.
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Leviticus 3:17
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17 ‘This shall be a (A)perpetual[a] statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings: you shall eat neither fat nor (B)blood.’ ”
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- Leviticus 3:17 everlasting or never-ending
Leviticus 7:26
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26 (A)Moreover you shall not eat any blood in any of your dwellings, whether of bird or beast.
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Leviticus 7:27
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27 Whoever eats any blood, that person shall be cut off from his people.’ ”
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Deuteronomy 12:16
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16 (A)Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it on the earth like water.
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Deuteronomy 12:23-25
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23 Only be sure that you do not eat the blood, (A)for the blood is the life; you may not eat the life with the meat. 24 You shall not eat it; you shall pour it on the earth like water. 25 You shall not eat it, (B)that it may go well with you and your children after you, (C)when you do what is right in the sight of the Lord.
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Deuteronomy 15:23
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23 Only you shall not eat its blood; you shall pour it on the ground like water.
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1 Samuel 14:33
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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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