Leviticus 7:26-27
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
26 (A)Wherever you dwell, you shall not eat any blood, whether of bird or of animal. 27 Every person who eats any blood shall be cut off from the people.
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Leviticus 7:26-27
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26 And wherever you live, you must not eat the blood(A) of any bird or animal. 27 Anyone who eats blood(B) must be cut off from their people.’”
Leviticus 17:4
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4 without first bringing it to the entrance of the tent of meeting to present it as an offering to the Lord in front of the Lord’s tabernacle, shall be judged guilty of bloodshed[a](A)—that individual has shed blood, and shall be cut off(B) from the people.
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- 17:4 Guilty of bloodshed: human beings and animals can incur blood guilt for killing human beings (cf. Gn 9:5–6); human beings can incur blood guilt for killing animals (see note on Lv 24:17–22).
Leviticus 17:4
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4 instead of bringing it to the entrance to the tent of meeting(A) to present it as an offering to the Lord in front of the tabernacle of the Lord(B)—that person shall be considered guilty of bloodshed; they have shed blood and must be cut off from their people.(C)
Deuteronomy 12:16
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16 [a]Only, you shall not eat of the blood, but must pour it out on the ground like water.(A)
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Deuteronomy 12:16
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Deuteronomy 12:23
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23 (A)But make sure that you do not eat of the blood; for blood is life; you shall not eat that life with the flesh.
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Deuteronomy 12:23
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23 But be sure you do not eat the blood,(A) because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.(B)
1 Samuel 14:33
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33 Informed that the army was sinning against the Lord by eating the meat with blood in it, Saul said: “You have broken faith. Roll a large stone here for me.”
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1 Samuel 14:33
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33 Then someone said to Saul, “Look, the men are sinning against the Lord by eating meat that has blood(A) in it.”
“You have broken faith,” he said. “Roll a large stone over here at once.”
Acts 15:20
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
20 but tell them by letter to avoid pollution from idols, unlawful marriage, the meat of strangled animals, and blood.(A)
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Acts 15:20
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20 Instead we should write to them, telling them to abstain from food polluted by idols,(A) from sexual immorality,(B) from the meat of strangled animals and from blood.(C)
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