Ezekiel 39:18

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The flesh of the men of war will be your food, and your drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of sheep and lambs, of he-goats, of oxen, all of them fat beasts of Bashan.

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  • Ps 22:12 : 12 A great herd of oxen is round me: I am shut in by the strong oxen of Bashan.
  • Jer 51:40 : 40 I will make them go down to death like lambs, like he-goats together.
  • Ezek 29:5 : 5 And I will let you be in the waste land, you and all the fish of your streams: you will go down on the face of the land; you will not be taken up or put to rest in the earth; I have given you for food to the beasts of the field and the birds of the heaven.
  • Jer 50:27 : 27 Put all her oxen to the sword; let them go down to death: sorrow is theirs, for their day has come, the time of their punishment.
  • Amos 4:1 : 1 Give ear to this word, you cows of Bashan, who are in the hill of Samaria, by whom the poor are kept down, and those in need are crushed; who say to their lords, Get out the wine and give us drink.
  • Rev 19:17-18 : 17 And I saw an angel taking his place in the sun; and he was crying with a loud voice, saying to all the birds in flight in the heavens, Come together to the great feast of God; 18 So that you may take for your food the flesh of kings, and of captains, and of strong men, and of horses and of those who are seated on them, and the flesh of all men, free and unfree, small and great.
  • Rev 19:21 : 21 And the rest were put to death with the sword of him who was on the horse, even the sword which came out of his mouth: and all the birds were made full with their flesh.
  • Deut 32:14 : 14 Butter from his cows and milk from his sheep, with fat of lambs and sheep of Bashan, and goats, and the heart of the grain; and for your drink, wine from the blood of the grape.
  • Ezek 34:8 : 8 By my life, says the Lord, truly, because my sheep have been taken away, and my sheep became food for all the beasts of the field, because there was no keeper, and my keepers did not go in search of the sheep, but the keepers took food for themselves and gave my sheep no food;
  • Ezek 34:17 : 17 And as for you, O my flock, says the Lord, truly, I will be judge between sheep and sheep, the he-sheep and the he-goats.
  • Ps 68:30 : 30 Say sharp words to the beast among the water-plants, the band of strong ones, with the lords of the peoples, put an end to the people whose delight is in war.
  • Isa 34:7 : 7 And the strong oxen will go down to death together with the smaller cattle.
  • Jer 50:11 : 11 Because you are glad, because you are lifted up with pride, you wasters of my heritage, because you are playing like a young cow put out to grass, and you make a noise like strong horses;

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  • Ezek 39:19-20
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    19 You will go on feasting on the fat till you are full, and drinking the blood till you are overcome with it, of my offering which I have put to death for you.

    20 At my table you will have food in full measure, horses and war-carriages, great men and all the men of war, says the Lord.

  • Ezek 39:17
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    17 And you, son of man, this is what the Lord has said: Say to the birds of every sort and to all the beasts of the field, Get together and come; come together on every side to the offering which I am putting to death for you, a great offering on the mountains of Israel, so that you may have flesh for your food and blood for your drink.

  • Deut 32:14
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    14 Butter from his cows and milk from his sheep, with fat of lambs and sheep of Bashan, and goats, and the heart of the grain; and for your drink, wine from the blood of the grape.

  • Rev 19:18
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    18 So that you may take for your food the flesh of kings, and of captains, and of strong men, and of horses and of those who are seated on them, and the flesh of all men, free and unfree, small and great.

  • Isa 34:6-7
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    6 The sword of the Lord is full of blood, it is fat with the best of the meat, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the best parts of the sheep: for the Lord has a feast in Bozrah, and much cattle will be put to death in the land of Edom.

    7 And the strong oxen will go down to death together with the smaller cattle.

  • Isa 5:17
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    17 Then the lambs will get food as in their grass-lands, and the fat cattle will be feasting in the waste places.

  • Gen 9:4
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    4 But flesh with the life-blood in it you may not take for food.

  • 1 Sam 14:32
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    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.

  • Ezek 33:25
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    25 For this cause say to them, This is what the Lord has said: You take your meat with the blood, your eyes are lifted up to your images, and you are takers of life: are you to have the land for your heritage?

  • Ezek 34:3
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    3 You take the milk and are clothed with the wool, you put the fat beasts to death, but you give the sheep no food.

  • Ps 50:13
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    13 Am I to take the flesh of the ox for my food, or the blood of goats for my drink?

  • Deut 12:15-16
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    15 Only you may put to death animals, such as the gazelle or the roe, for your food in any of your towns, at the desire of your soul, in keeping with the blessing of the Lord your God which he has given you: the unclean and the clean may take of it.

    16 But you may not take the blood for food, it is to be drained out on the earth like water.

  • Deut 12:27
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    27 Offering the flesh and the blood of your burned offerings on the altar of the Lord your God; and the blood of your offerings is to be drained out on the altar of the Lord your God, and the flesh will be your food.

  • Deut 12:22-23
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    22 It will be your food, like the gazelle and the roe; the unclean and the clean may take of it.

    23 But see that you do not take the blood for food; for the blood is the life; and you may not make use of the life as food with the flesh.

  • Lev 17:10-14
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    10 And if any man of Israel, or any other living among them, takes any sort of blood for food, my wrath will be turned against that man and he will be cut off from among his people.

    11 For the life of the flesh is in its blood; and I have given it to you on the altar to take away your sin: for it is the blood which makes free from sin because of the life in it.

    12 For this reason I have said to the children of Israel, No man among you, or any others living with you, may take blood as food.

    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.

    14 For the blood is the life of all flesh: and so I have said to the children of Israel, You may not take any sort of blood as food, and any man who does so will be cut of.

  • Deut 14:4
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    4 These are the beasts which you may have for food: the ox, the sheep, and the goat;

  • Num 18:18
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    18 Their flesh is to be yours; like the breast of the wave offering and the right leg, it is to be yours.

  • Ezek 34:17-19
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    17 And as for you, O my flock, says the Lord, truly, I will be judge between sheep and sheep, the he-sheep and the he-goats.

    18 Does it seem a small thing to you to have taken your food on good grass-land while the rest of your grass-land is stamped down under your feet? and that after drinking from clear waters you make the rest of the waters dirty with your feet?

    19 And as for my sheep, their food is the grass which has been stamped on by your feet, and their drink the water which has been made dirty by your feet.

  • Deut 15:23
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    23 Only do not take its blood for food, but let it be drained out on the earth like water.

  • Lev 26:29
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    29 Then you will take the flesh of your sons and the flesh of your daughters for food;

  • Lev 7:24-26
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    24 And the fat of that which comes to a natural death, and the fat of that which is attacked by beasts, may be used for other purposes, but not in any way for food.

    25 For anyone who takes as food the fat of any beast of which men make an offering by fire to the Lord, will be cut off from his people.

    26 And you are not to take for food any blood, of bird or of beast, in any of your houses.

  • Jer 7:21
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    21 These are the words of the Lord of armies, the God of Israel: Put your burned offerings with your offerings of beasts, and take flesh for your food.

  • Lev 3:17
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    17 Let it be an order for ever, through all your generations, in all your houses, that you are not to take fat or blood for food.

  • Ezek 39:4
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    4 On the mountains of Israel you will come down, you and all your forces and the peoples who are with you: I will give you to cruel birds of every sort and to the beasts of the field to be their food.

  • Num 29:18
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    18 And their meal offering and their drink offerings for the oxen and the sheep and the lambs, in relation to their number, as it is ordered:

  • Isa 49:26
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    26 And the flesh of your attackers will be taken by themselves for food; and they will take their blood for drink, as if it was sweet wine: and all men will see that I the Lord am your saviour, even he who takes up your cause, the Strong One of Jacob.

  • Num 29:37
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    37 With the meal offering and the drink offerings for the ox, the male sheep, and the lambs, in relation to their number, as it is ordered:

  • Lev 11:2
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    2 Say to the children of Israel: These are the living things which you may have for food among all the beasts on the earth.

  • Ps 79:2
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    2 They have given the bodies of your servants as food to the birds of the air, and the flesh of your saints to the beasts of the earth.

  • 1 Sam 14:34
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    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.

  • Lev 9:19
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    19 And as for the fat of the ox and the fat tail of the sheep and the fat covering the inside parts and the kidneys and the fat on the liver;

  • Lev 17:3
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    3 If any man of Israel puts to death an ox or a lamb or a goat, in or outside the tent-circle;

  • Zech 11:4
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    4 This is what the Lord my God has said: Take care of the flock of death;

  • Ezek 24:5
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    5 Take the best of the flock, put much wood under it: see that its bits are boiling well; let the bones be cooked inside it.

  • Hab 2:17
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    17 For the violent acts against Lebanon will come on you, and the destruction of the cattle will be a cause of fear to you, because of men's blood and the violent acts against the land and the town and all who are living in it.

  • Exod 22:31
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    31 You are to be holy men to me: the flesh of no animal whose death has been caused by the beasts of the field may be used for your food; it is to be given to the dogs.

  • Deut 32:38
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    38 Who took the fat of their offerings, and the wine of their drink offering? Let them now come to your help, let them be your salvation.

  • Num 28:19
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    19 And you are to give an offering made by fire, a burned offering to the Lord; two oxen, one male sheep, and seven he-lambs of the first year, without any mark: