10 (A)And anyone from the house of Israel, or from the strangers who reside among them, who eats any blood, (B)I will set My face against that person who eats the blood, and will cut him off from among his people. 11 For (C)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 (D)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.’ 13 So when anyone from the sons of Israel, or from the strangers who reside among them, [c]while hunting catches an animal or a bird which may be eaten, (E)he shall pour out its blood and cover it with dirt.

14 (F)For as for the [d]life of all flesh, its blood is identified with its [e]life. Therefore I said to the sons of Israel, ‘You are not to eat the blood of any flesh, for the [f]life of all flesh is its blood; whoever eats it shall be cut off.’ 15 And (G)any person who eats an animal which dies or is torn by animals, whether he is a native or a stranger, shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and remain unclean until evening; then he will become clean. 16 But if he does not wash his clothes and bathe his body, then (H)he shall bear the responsibility for his [g]guilt.”

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 17:11 Lit soul
  2. Leviticus 17:11 Lit soul
  3. Leviticus 17:13 Lit who hunts game, animal
  4. Leviticus 17:14 Lit soul
  5. Leviticus 17:14 Lit soul
  6. Leviticus 17:14 Lit soul
  7. Leviticus 17:16 Or wrongdoing

26 ‘You shall not eat any meat (A)with the blood. You shall not practice (B)divination nor soothsaying.

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23 Only be sure (A)not to eat the blood, for the blood is the [a]life, and you shall not eat the [b]life with the flesh.

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  1. Deuteronomy 12:23 Lit soul
  2. Deuteronomy 12:23 Lit soul

33 Then observers informed Saul, saying, “Look, the people are (A)sinning against the Lord by eating meat with the blood.” And he said, “You have acted treacherously; roll a large rock to me today.”

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20 but that we write to them that they abstain from [a](A)things contaminated by idols, from (B)acts of sexual immorality, from (C)what has been [b]strangled, and from blood.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 15:20 Lit the pollutions of
  2. Acts 15:20 I.e., to retain the blood

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