11 For (A)the [a]life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your souls; for (B)it is the blood by reason of the [b]life that makes atonement.’ 12 Therefore I said to the sons of Israel, ‘No person among you may eat blood, nor may any stranger who resides among you eat blood.’

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  1. Leviticus 17:11 Lit soul
  2. Leviticus 17:11 Lit soul

29 that you abstain from (A)things sacrificed to idols, from (B)blood, from (C)things strangled, and from (D)acts of sexual immorality; [a]if you keep yourselves free from such things, you will do well. Farewell.”

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  1. Acts 15:29 Lit from which keeping yourselves free

63 (A)It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh provides no benefit; (B)the words that I have spoken to you are spirit, and are life.

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