Leviticus 17:10
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10 “And if any native Israelite or foreigner living among you eats or drinks blood in any form, I will turn against that person and cut him off from the community of your people,
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Leviticus 17:11
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11 for the life of the body is in its blood. I have given you the blood on the altar to purify you, making you right with the Lord.[a] It is the blood, given in exchange for a life, that makes purification possible.
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- 17:11 Or to make atonement for you.
Deuteronomy 12:23
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23 But never consume the blood, for the blood is the life, and you must not consume the lifeblood with the meat.
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Deuteronomy 12:16
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16 But you must not consume the blood. You must pour it out on the ground like water.
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Leviticus 3:17
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17 “You must never eat any fat or blood. This is a permanent law for you, and it must be observed from generation to generation, wherever you live.”
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Jeremiah 44:11
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11 “Therefore, this is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: I am determined to destroy every one of you!
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1 Samuel 14:33
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33 Someone reported to Saul, “Look, the men are sinning against the Lord by eating meat that still has blood in it.”
“That is very wrong,” Saul said. “Find a large stone and roll it over here.
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Leviticus 26:17
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17 I will turn against you, and you will be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you, and you will run even when no one is chasing you!
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Leviticus 7:26-27
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26 No matter where you live, you must never consume the blood of any bird or animal. 27 Anyone who consumes blood will be cut off from the community.”
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Genesis 9:4
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4 But you must never eat any meat that still has the lifeblood in it.
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Ezekiel 44:7
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7 You have brought uncircumcised foreigners into my sanctuary—people who have no heart for God. In this way, you defiled my Temple even as you offered me my food, the fat and blood of sacrifices. In addition to all your other detestable sins, you have broken my covenant.
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Ezekiel 15:7
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7 And I will see to it that if they escape from one fire, they will fall into another. When I turn against them, you will know that I am the Lord.
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Ezekiel 14:8
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8 I will turn against such people and make a terrible example of them, eliminating them from among my people. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
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Psalm 34:16
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16 But the Lord turns his face against those who do evil;
he will erase their memory from the earth.
Deuteronomy 15:23
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23 But you must not consume the blood. You must pour it out on the ground like water.
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Leviticus 20:3-6
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3 I myself will turn against them and cut them off from the community, because they have defiled my sanctuary and brought shame on my holy name by offering their children to Molech. 4 And if the people of the community ignore those who offer their children to Molech and refuse to execute them, 5 I myself will turn against them and their families and will cut them off from the community. This will happen to all who commit spiritual prostitution by worshiping Molech.
6 “I will also turn against those who commit spiritual prostitution by putting their trust in mediums or in those who consult the spirits of the dead. I will cut them off from the community.
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Leviticus 19:26
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26 “Do not eat meat that has not been drained of its blood.
“Do not practice fortune-telling or witchcraft.
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Ezekiel 33:25
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25 So tell these people, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: You eat meat with blood in it, you worship idols,[a] and you murder the innocent. Do you really think the land should be yours?
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- 33:25 The Hebrew term (literally round things) probably alludes to dung.
Jeremiah 21:10
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10 For I have decided to bring disaster and not good upon this city, says the Lord. It will be handed over to the king of Babylon, and he will reduce it to ashes.’
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Acts 15:20
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20 Instead, we should write and tell them to abstain from eating food offered to idols, from sexual immorality, from eating the meat of strangled animals, and from consuming blood.
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Hebrews 10:29
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29 Just think how much worse the punishment will be for those who have trampled on the Son of God, and have treated the blood of the covenant, which made us holy, as if it were common and unholy, and have insulted and disdained the Holy Spirit who brings God’s mercy to us.
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Acts 15:29
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29 You must abstain from eating food offered to idols, from consuming blood or the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality. If you do this, you will do well. Farewell.”
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