Genesis 9:3-5

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³ “Everything that moves, everything that is alive, is yours for food. Earlier I gave you the green plants [1:29–30], but now I give you everything for food. ⁴ But you must not eat ·meat [flesh] that still has blood in it, because blood ·gives [^Lis] life [Lev. 3:17; 7:26–27; 17:10–14]. ⁵ I will ·demand [require; ^Lseek] blood for life. I will ·demand [require; ^Lseek] the life of any animal that kills a person, and I will ·demand [require; ^Lseek] the life of anyone who takes another person’s life.