Verse 23
Only be sure{H2388} that thou eat{H398} not the blood:{H1818} for the blood{H1818} is the life;{H5315} and thou shalt not eat{H398} the life{H5315} with the flesh.{H1320}
Referenced Verses
- Lev 17:11 : 11 For the life{H5315} of the flesh{H1320} is in the blood;{H1818} and I have given{H5414} it to you upon the altar{H4196} to make atonement{H3722} for your souls:{H5315} for it is the blood{H1818} that maketh atonement{H3722} by reason of the life.{H5315}
- Gen 9:4 : 4 But{H389} flesh{H1320} with the life{H5315} thereof, [which is] the blood{H1818} thereof, shall ye not eat.{H398}
- Lev 17:13-14 : 13 And whatsoever man{H376} there be of the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} or of the strangers{H1616} that sojourn{H1481} among{H8432} them, who taketh{H6718} in hunting{H6679} any beast{H2416} or bird{H5775} that may be eaten;{H398} he shall pour{H8210} out the blood{H1818} thereof, and cover{H3680} it with dust.{H6083} 14 For as to the life{H5315} of all flesh,{H1320} the blood{H1818} thereof is [all one] with the life{H5315} thereof: therefore I said{H559} unto the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} Ye shall eat{H398} the blood{H1818} of no manner of flesh;{H1320} for the life{H5315} of all flesh{H1320} is the blood{H1818} thereof: whosoever eateth{H398} it shall be cut off.{H3772}
- Deut 12:16 : 16 Only ye shall not eat{H398} the blood;{H1818} thou shalt pour{H8210} it out upon the earth{H776} as water.{H4325}
- Lev 3:16-17 : 16 And the priest{H3548} shall burn{H6999} them upon the altar:{H4196} it is the food{H3899} of the offering made by fire,{H801} for a sweet{H5207} savor;{H7381} all the fat{H2459} is Jehovah's.{H3068} 17 It shall be a perpetual{H5769} statute{H2708} throughout your generations{H1755} in all your dwellings,{H4186} that ye shall eat{H398} neither fat{H2459} nor blood.{H1818}