Verse 13
And any man of Israel, or any other living among them, who gets with his bow any beast or bird used for food, is to see that its blood is covered with earth.
Referenced Verses
- Deut 12:16 : 16 But you may not take the blood for food, it is to be drained out on the earth like water.
- Deut 12:24 : 24 Do not take it for food but let it be drained out on the earth like water.
- Deut 15:23 : 23 Only do not take its blood for food, but let it be drained out on the earth like water.
- Lev 7:26 : 26 And you are not to take for food any blood, of bird or of beast, in any of your houses.
- Ezek 24:7 : 7 For her blood is in her; she has put it on the open rock not draining it on to the earth so that it might be covered with dust;
- 1 Sam 14:32-34 : 32 And rushing at the goods taken in the fight, the people took oxen and sheep and young oxen, and put them to death there on the earth, and had a meal, taking the flesh with the blood in it. 33 Then it was said to Saul, See, the people are sinning against the Lord, taking the blood with the flesh. And he said to those who gave him the news, Now let a great stone be rolled to me here. 34 And Saul said, Go about among the people and say to them, Let every man come here to me with his ox and his sheep, and put them to death here, and take his meal: do no sin against the Lord by taking the blood with the flesh. So all the people took their oxen with them that night and put them to death there.
- Job 16:18 : 18 O earth, let not my blood be covered, and let my cry have no resting-place!