Genesis 9:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But flesh with the life-blood in it you may not take for food.

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  • 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 12:23 : 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.
  • Acts 15:20 : 20 But that we give them orders to keep themselves from things offered to false gods, and from the evil desires of the body, and from the flesh of animals put to death in ways against the law, and from blood.
  • Acts 15:29 : 29 To keep from things offered to false gods, and from blood, and from things put to death in ways which are against the law, and from the evil desires of the body; if you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. May you be happy.
  • Lev 17:10-14 : 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.
  • Lev 19:26 : 26 Nothing may be used for food with its blood in it; you may not make use of strange arts, or go in search of signs and wonders.
  • Lev 3:17 : 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.
  • Lev 7:26 : 26 And you are not to take for food any blood, of bird or of beast, in any of your houses.
  • Deut 15:23 : 23 Only do not take its blood for food, but let it be drained out on the earth like water.
  • 1 Sam 14:33-34 : 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.
  • Deut 14:21 : 21 You may not have as food anything which has come to a natural death; the man from another country who is living with you may take it for food, or you may get a price for it from one of another nation; for you are a holy people to the Lord your God. The young goat is not to be cooked in its mother's milk.
  • 1 Tim 4:4 : 4 Because everything which God has made is good, and nothing is evil, if it is taken with praise:
  • Acts 15:25 : 25 It seemed good to us, having come to an agreement together, to send these men to you, with our well loved Barnabas and Paul,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 12:23-24
    2 verses
    88%

    23But 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.

    24Do not take it for food but let it be drained out on the earth like water.

  • Lev 17:10-15
    6 verses
    87%

    10And 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.

    11For 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.

    12For 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.

    13And 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.

    14For 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.

    15And anyone who takes as food anything which has come to a natural end, or anything which has been put to death by beasts, if he is one of you by birth, or of another nation, will have to have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water and be unclean till evening, and then he will be clean.

  • Lev 7:24-27
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    24And 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.

    25For 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.

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

    27Whoever takes any blood for food will be cut off from his people.

  • Gen 9:3
    81%

    3Every living and moving thing will be food for you; I give them all to you as before I gave you all green things.

  • Deut 15:23
    81%

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

  • Deut 12:15-16
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    15Only 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.

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

  • Gen 9:5-6
    2 verses
    81%

    5And for your blood, which is your life, will I take payment; from every beast I will take it, and from every man will I take payment for the blood of his brother-man.

    6Whoever takes a man's life, by man will his life be taken; because God made man in his image.

  • Lev 3:17
    78%

    17Let 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.

  • Lev 19:26
    78%

    26Nothing may be used for food with its blood in it; you may not make use of strange arts, or go in search of signs and wonders.

  • John 6:53
    77%

    53Then Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, If you do not take the flesh of the Son of man for food, and if you do not take his blood for drink, you have no life in you.

  • Ezek 39:17-19
    3 verses
    76%

    17And 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.

    18The 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.

    19You 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.

  • Lev 11:8-9
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    8Their flesh may not be used for food, and their dead bodies may not even be touched; they are unclean to you.

    9These you may have for food of all things living in the water: anything living in the water, in the seas or rivers, which has special parts for swimming and skin formed of thin plates, may be used for food.

  • Deut 14:3-4
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    3No disgusting thing may be your food.

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

  • Lev 22:8
    74%

    8That which comes to a natural death, or is attacked by beasts, he may not take as food, for it will make him unclean: I am the Lord.

  • Exod 22:31
    73%

    31You 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.

  • Ezek 33:25
    73%

    25For 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?

  • Exod 12:9
    73%

    9Do not take it uncooked or cooked with boiling water, but let it be cooked in the oven; its head with its legs and its inside parts.

  • Deut 14:20-21
    2 verses
    73%

    20But all clean birds you may take.

    21You may not have as food anything which has come to a natural death; the man from another country who is living with you may take it for food, or you may get a price for it from one of another nation; for you are a holy people to the Lord your God. The young goat is not to be cooked in its mother's milk.

  • Ezek 44:31
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    31The priests may not take for food any bird or beast which has come to a natural death or whose death has been caused by another animal.

  • Lev 7:20
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    20But he who is unclean when he takes as food the flesh of the peace-offerings, which are the Lord's, will be cut off from his people.

  • Num 35:33
    72%

    33So do not make the land where you are living unholy: for blood makes the land unholy: and there is no way of making the land free from the blood which has come on it, but only by the death of him who was the cause of it.

  • Lev 11:2
    72%

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

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

  • John 6:55
    72%

    55My flesh is true food and my blood is true drink.

  • Heb 9:20
    72%

    20Saying, This blood is the sign of the agreement which God has made with you.

  • Deut 14:9
    72%

    9And of the things living in the waters, you may take all those who have wings for swimming with and skins formed of thin plates.

  • Lev 11:39
    72%

    39And if any beast which may be used for food comes to a natural death, anyone touching its dead body will be unclean till evening.