Leviticus 17:12
Therefore I said to the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, nor shall any stranger who dwells among you eat blood.
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Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts
Therefore, I have said to the Israelites: None of you may eat blood, nor may any foreigner living among you eat blood.
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
Therefore I said{H559} unto the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} No soul{H5315} of you shall eat{H398} blood,{H1818} neither shall any stranger{H1616} that sojourneth{H1481} among{H8432} you eat{H398} blood.{H1818}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
Therefore I said{H559}{(H8804)} unto the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}, No soul{H5315} of you shall eat{H398}{(H8799)} blood{H1818}, neither shall any stranger{H1616} that sojourneth{H1481}{(H8802)} among{H8432} you eat{H398}{(H8799)} blood{H1818}.
Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)
for bloude shall make an attonemet for the soule. And therfore I sayde vnto the childern of Israel: se that no soule of you eate bloude nor yet any straunger that soiourneth amonge you.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
For the bloude that is in the soule maketh attonement. Therfore haue I sayde vnto the children of Israel: No soule amonge you shall eate bloude, no ner eny straunger that dwelleth amonge you.
Geneva Bible (1560)
Therefore I saide vnto ye children of Israel, None of you shall eate blood: neither the stranger that soiourneth among you, shall eate blood.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
Therfore I sayd vnto the chyldren of Israel: Let no soule of you eate blood, neither let any straunger that soiourneth among you, eate blood.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood.
Webster's Bible (1833)
Therefore I have said to the children of Israel, "No person among you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger who lives as a foreigner among you eat blood."
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
`Therefore I have said to the sons of Israel, No person among you doth eat blood, and the sojourner who is sojourning in your midst doth not eat blood;
American Standard Version (1901)
Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood.
American Standard Version (1901)
Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
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.
World English Bible (2000)
Therefore I have said to the children of Israel, "No person among you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger who lives as a foreigner among you eat blood."
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
Therefore, I have said to the Israelites: No person among you is to eat blood, and no resident foreigner who lives among you is to eat blood.
Referenced Verses
- Exod 12:49 : 49 One law shall be for the native-born and for the stranger who dwells among you.
Similar Verses (AI)
These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.
- Lev 17:13-153 verses89%
13 And whatever man there is of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that dwell among you, who hunts and catches any beast or fowl that may be eaten, he shall pour out its blood, and cover it with dust.
14 For it is the life of all flesh; its blood is for the life thereof: therefore I said to the children of Israel, You shall not eat the blood of any flesh: for the life of all flesh is its blood; whoever eats it shall be cut off.
15 And every soul that eats what died of itself, or what was torn with beasts, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger, he shall both wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening: then shall he be clean.
- Lev 17:8-114 verses88%
8 And you shall say to them, Whatever man there is of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who dwell among you, that offers a burnt offering or sacrifice,
9 And does not bring it to the door of the tabernacle of meeting, to offer it to the LORD; that man shall be cut off from among his people.
10 And whatever man there is of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that dwell among you, that eats any manner of blood; I will set my face against that soul that eats blood, and will cut him off from among his people.
11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood; and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.
- Deut 12:23-242 verses85%
23 Only be sure that you do not eat the blood, for the blood is the life; and you may not eat the life with the meat.
24 You shall not eat it; you shall pour it upon the earth like water.
- Lev 7:25-284 verses85%
25 For whoever eats the fat of the animal of which men offer an offering made by fire to the LORD, even the soul who eats it shall be cut off from his people.
26 Moreover, you shall not eat any blood, whether it is of bird or animal, in any of your dwellings.
27 Whatever soul it is that eats any blood, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.
28 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
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4 But flesh with its life, which is the blood, you shall not eat.
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16 Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it on the earth like water.
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23 Only you shall not eat its blood; you shall pour it upon the ground as water.
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17 It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that you eat neither fat nor blood.
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26 You shall not eat anything with the blood: nor shall you use enchantment, nor observe times.
- Lev 17:3-42 verses75%
3 Whatever man there is of the house of Israel, who kills an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or who kills it outside the camp,
4 And does not bring it to the door of the tabernacle of meeting, to offer an offering to the LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD; blood shall be imputed to that man; he has shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his people:
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25 Therefore say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD; You eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: and shall you possess the land?
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43 And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, 'This is the ordinance of the Passover: No foreigner shall eat of it;
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21 You shall not eat of anything that dies of itself: you shall give it to the stranger that is within your gates, that he may eat it; or you may sell it to an alien: for you are a holy people to the LORD your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.
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10 No stranger shall eat of the holy thing: a temporary resident of the priest, or a hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.
- Ezek 39:17-193 verses73%
17 And you, son of man, thus says the Lord GOD: Speak to every kind of bird and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves from all sides to my sacrificial feast that I prepare for you, even a great sacrificial feast upon the mountains of Israel, that you may eat flesh and drink blood.
18 You shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.
19 And you shall eat fat till you are full, and drink blood till you are drunk, at my sacrificial feast which I have prepared for you.
- Exod 12:45-484 verses72%
45 A foreigner and a hired servant shall not eat of it.
46 In one house it shall be eaten; you shall not carry any of the flesh outside the house, nor shall you break one of its bones.
47 All the congregation of Israel shall keep it.
48 And when a stranger dwells with you, and wants to keep the Passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is native to the land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat of it.
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26 You shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger who sojourns among you:
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27 And you shall offer your burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, on the altar of the LORD your God, and the blood of your sacrifices shall be poured out on the altar of the LORD your God, and you shall eat the flesh.
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33 So you shall not pollute the land where you are: for blood defiles the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed in it, but by the blood of him who shed it.
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20 But the soul that eats of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, that belong to the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from his people.
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33 They shall eat those things with which the atonement was made, to consecrate and sanctify them; but a stranger shall not eat them, because they are holy.
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31 And you shall be holy men to me; neither shall you eat any meat torn by beasts in the field; you shall throw it to the dogs.
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10 That innocent blood may not be shed in your land, which the LORD your God gives you as an inheritance, and thus blood guilt be upon you.
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27 Whatever touches its flesh shall be holy: and when some of its blood is sprinkled on any garment, you shall wash that on which it was sprinkled in the holy place.
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18 Indeed, its blood was not brought into the holy place; you should have certainly eaten it in the holy place, as I commanded.'
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2 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, These are the animals which you shall eat among all the animals that are on the earth.