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(A)The one thing you must not eat is meat with blood still in it; I forbid this because the life is in the blood.

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“But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it.(A)

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But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.

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26 (A)No matter where the Israelites live, they must never use the blood of birds or animals for food. 27 Anyone who breaks this law will no longer be considered one of God's people.

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26 And wherever you live, you must not eat the blood(A) of any bird or animal. 27 Anyone who eats blood(B) must be cut off from their people.’”

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26 Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings.

27 Whatsoever soul it be that eateth any manner of blood, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.

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10 (A)If any Israelites or any foreigners living in the community eat meat with blood still in it, the Lord will turn against them and no longer consider them his people. 11 (B)The life of every living thing is in the blood, and that is why the Lord has commanded that all blood be poured out on the altar to take away the people's sins. Blood, which is life, takes away sins. 12 That is why the Lord has told the people of Israel that neither they nor any foreigner living among them shall eat any meat with blood still in it.

13 If any Israelites or any foreigners living in the community catch an animal or a bird which is ritually clean, they must pour its blood out on the ground and cover it with dirt. 14 The life of every living thing is in the blood, and that is why the Lord has told the people of Israel that they shall not eat any meat with blood still in it and that anyone who does so will no longer be considered one of his people.

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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.”

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,(D) 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.”(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 17:11 Or atonement by the life in the blood

10 And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.

11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.

12 Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood.

13 And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, which hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl that may be eaten; he shall even pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust.

14 For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off.

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26 (A)“Do not eat any meat with blood still in it. Do not practice any kind of magic.

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26 “‘Do not eat any meat with the blood still in it.(A)

“‘Do not practice divination(B) or seek omens.(C)

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26 Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times.

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16 (A)But you must not eat their blood; you must pour it out on the ground like water.

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16 But you must not eat the blood;(A) pour(B) it out on the ground like water.(C)

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16 Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.

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23 (A)Only do not eat meat with blood still in it, for the life is in the blood, and you must not eat the life with the meat.

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23 But be sure you do not eat the blood,(A) because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.(B)

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23 Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.

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