Leviticus 3:17
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17 It shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations, in all your settlements: you must not eat any fat or any blood.”(A)
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Genesis 9:4
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4 Only, you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood.(A)
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Deuteronomy 15:23
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23 Its blood, however, you must not eat; you shall pour it out on the ground like water.(A)
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Matthew 26:28
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28 for this is my blood of the[a] covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.(A)
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- 26.28 Other ancient authorities add new
Deuteronomy 12:23
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23 Only be sure that you do not eat the blood, for the blood is the life, and you shall not eat the life with the meat.(A)
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Deuteronomy 12:16
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16 The blood, however, you must not eat; you shall pour it out on the ground like water.(A)
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Leviticus 17:7
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7 so that they may no longer offer their sacrifices for goat-demons, to whom they prostitute themselves. This shall be a statute forever to them throughout their generations.(A)
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Leviticus 7:23
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23 “Speak to the Israelites: You shall eat no fat of ox or sheep or goat.(A)
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Leviticus 6:18
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18 Every male among the descendants of Aaron shall eat of it, as their perpetual due throughout your generations, from the Lord’s offerings by fire;[a] anything that touches them shall become holy.”(A)
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- 6.18 Or the Lord’s gifts
Leviticus 3:16
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16 Then the priest shall turn these into smoke on the altar as a food offering by fire[a] for a pleasing odor.
“All fat is the Lord’s.(A)
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- 3.16 Or a food gift
Ephesians 5:26
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26 in order to make her holy by cleansing her with the washing of water by the word,
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Ephesians 1:7
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7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace(A)
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Acts 15:29
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29 that you abstain from what has been sacrificed to idols and from blood and from what is strangled[a] and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. Farewell.”(A)
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- 15.29 Other ancient authorities lack and from what is strangled
Ezekiel 44:15
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The Levitical Priests
15 “But the Levitical priests, the descendants of Zadok, who kept the charge of my sanctuary when the people of Israel went astray from me, shall come near to me to minister to me, and they shall attend me to offer me the fat and the blood, says the Lord God.(A)
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Deuteronomy 32:14
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14 curds from the herd, and milk from the flock,
with fat of lambs and rams,
Bashan bulls and goats,
together with the choicest wheat—
you drank fine wine from the blood of grapes.(A)
Leviticus 23:14
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14 You shall eat no bread or parched grain or fresh ears until that very day, until you have brought the offering of your God. This is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your settlements.
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Leviticus 7:36
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36 these the Lord commanded to be given them, when he anointed them, as a perpetual due from the Israelites throughout their generations.”
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1 Timothy 4:4
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4 For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, provided it is received with thanksgiving,(A)
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Acts 15:20-21
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20 but we should write to them to abstain only from things polluted by idols and from sexual immorality and from whatever has been strangled[a] and from blood.(A) 21 For in every city, for generations past, Moses has had those who proclaim him, for he has been read aloud every Sabbath in the synagogues.”(B)
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- 15.20 Other ancient authorities lack and from whatever has been strangled
Matthew 16:24
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The Cross and Self-Denial
24 Then Jesus told his disciples, “If any wish to come after me, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.(A)
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Ezekiel 44:7
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7 in admitting foreigners, uncircumcised in heart and flesh, to be in my sanctuary, profaning my temple when you offer to me my food, the fat and the blood. You[a] have broken my covenant with all your abominations.(A)
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- 44.7 Gk Syr Vg: Heb They
Ezekiel 33:25
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25 Therefore say to them: Thus says the Lord God: You eat flesh with the blood and lift up your eyes to your idols and shed blood; shall you then possess the land?(A)
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Nehemiah 8:10
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10 Then he said to them, “Go your way, eat the fat and drink sweet wine and send portions of them to those for whom nothing is prepared, for this day is holy to our Lord, and do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”(A)
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1 Samuel 14:32-34
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32 so the troops flew upon the spoil and took sheep and oxen and calves and slaughtered them on the ground, and the troops ate them with the blood.(A) 33 Then it was reported to Saul, “Look, the troops are sinning against the Lord by eating with the blood.” And he said, “You have dealt treacherously; roll a large stone before me here.”[a] 34 Saul said, “Disperse yourselves among the troops and say to them: Let all bring their oxen or their sheep, and slaughter them here and eat, and do not sin against the Lord by eating with the blood.” So all of the troops brought their oxen with them that night and slaughtered them there.
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- 14.33 Gk: Heb me this day
Numbers 19:21
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21 “It shall be a perpetual statute for them. The one who sprinkles the water for cleansing shall wash his clothes, and whoever touches the water for cleansing shall be unclean until evening.
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