Leviticus 17:13
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.
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Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts
Any Israelite or foreigner living among you who hunts and catches a wild animal or bird that may be eaten must drain its blood and cover it with earth.
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, which hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl that may be eaten; he shall even pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
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}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
And whatsoever man{H376} there be of the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}, or of the strangers{H1616} that sojourn{H1481}{(H8802)} among{H8432} you, which hunteth{H6679}{(H8799)} and catcheth{H6718} any beast{H2416} or fowl{H5775} that may be eaten{H398}{(H8735)}; he shall even pour{H8210}{(H8804)} out the blood{H1818} thereof, and cover{H3680}{(H8765)} it with dust{H6083}.
Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)
What soeuer man it be of the childern of Israel or of the straungers that soiurne amonge you that honteth and catcheth any beest or foule that maye be eate, he shall poure out the bloude ad couer it with erthe.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
And what man so euer it be amonge you (whether he be of the house of Israel, or a straunger amoge you) that at the huntynge taketh a beest or foule which maye be eaten, he shall poure out the bloude of the same, & couer it with earth:
Geneva Bible (1560)
Moreouer whosoeuer he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that soiourne among the, which by hunting taketh any beast or foule that may be eaten, he shal powre out the blood thereof, and couer it with dust:
Bishops' Bible (1568)
And whatsoeuer man it be of the chyldren of Israel, or of the straungers that soiourne among you, whiche hunteth and catcheth any beast or foule that may be eaten, let hym powre out the blood thereof, and couer it with dust.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
And whatsoever man [there be] of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, which hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl that may be eaten; he shall even pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust.
Webster's Bible (1833)
"'Whatever man there is of the children of Israel, or of the strangers who live as foreigners among them, who takes in hunting any animal or bird that may be eaten; he shall pour out its blood, and cover it with dust.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
and any man of the sons of Israel, or of the sojourners, who is sojourning in your midst, who hunteth venison, beast or fowl, which is eaten -- hath even poured out its blood, and hath covered it with dust;
American Standard Version (1901)
And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among them, who taketh in hunting any beast or bird that may be eaten; he shall pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust.
American Standard Version (1901)
And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among them, who taketh in hunting any beast or bird that may be eaten; he shall pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
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.
World English Bible (2000)
"'Whatever man there is of the children of Israel, or of the strangers who live as foreigners among them, who takes in hunting any animal or bird that may be eaten; he shall pour out its blood, and cover it with dust.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
“‘Any man from the Israelites or from the resident foreigners who live in their midst who hunts a wild animal or a bird that may be eaten must pour out its blood and cover it with soil,
Referenced Verses
- Deut 12:16 : 16 Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it on the earth like water.
- Deut 12:24 : 24 You shall not eat it; you shall pour it upon the earth like water.
- Deut 15:23 : 23 Only you shall not eat its blood; you shall pour it upon the ground as water.
- Lev 7:26 : 26 Moreover, you shall not eat any blood, whether it is of bird or animal, in any of your dwellings.
- Ezek 24:7 : 7 For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it on the top of a rock; she did not pour it on the ground, to cover it with dust;
- 1 Sam 14:32-34 : 32 The people rushed on the spoil, took sheep, oxen, and calves, slaughtered them on the ground, and the people ate them with the blood. 33 Then they told Saul, "Look, the people are sinning against the LORD by eating with the blood." He said, "You have transgressed; roll a large stone to me today." 34 Then Saul said, "Disperse yourselves among the people and say to them, 'Bring every man his ox and every man his sheep, and slaughter them here, and eat, and do not sin against the LORD by eating with the blood.'" So all the people brought every man his ox with him that night and slaughtered them there.
- Job 16:18 : 18 O earth, do not cover my blood, and let my cry find no resting place.
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- Lev 17:8-125 verses85%
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.
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.
- Lev 17:14-152 verses84%
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 7:24-274 verses80%
24 And the fat of an animal that dies of itself, and the fat of an animal that is torn by beasts, may be used for any other purpose: but you shall not eat of it.
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.
- Deut 15:22-232 verses79%
22 You shall eat it within your gates: the unclean and the clean person shall eat it alike, as the gazelle and as the deer.
23 Only you shall not eat its blood; you shall pour it upon the ground as water.
- Lev 17:3-42 verses79%
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:
- Deut 12:15-162 verses78%
15 Yet you may slaughter and eat flesh inside all your gates, whatever your soul desires, according to the blessing of the LORD your God which He has given you: the unclean and the clean may eat of it, as of the gazelle and the deer.
16 Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it on the earth like water.
- Deut 12:22-243 verses78%
22 Just as the gazelle and the deer are eaten, so you may eat them; the unclean and the clean alike may eat them.
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.
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4 But flesh with its life, which is the blood, you shall not eat.
- Ezek 39:17-193 verses75%
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.
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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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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.
- Lev 11:39-402 verses72%
39 And if any beast, of which you may eat, dies; he that touches its carcass shall be unclean until the evening.
40 And he that eats of the carcass of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening: he also that carries its carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening.
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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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8 What dies of itself, or is torn by beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself with it: I am the LORD.
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21 And he who kills a beast shall restore it: and he who kills a man shall be put to death.
- Lev 11:2-32 verses72%
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.
3 Whatever parts the hoof, and is cloven-footed, and chews the cud, among the animals, that you shall eat.
- Lev 11:46-472 verses72%
46 This is the law of the animals, and of the birds, and of every living creature that moves in the waters, and of every creature that creeps upon the earth:
47 To make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the animal that may be eaten and the animal that may not be eaten.
- Deut 14:20-212 verses72%
20 But of all clean birds you may eat.
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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18 And he who kills a beast shall make it good; beast for beast.
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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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50 And he shall kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water:
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6 And every animal that parts the hoof, and has a split hoof, and chews the cud among the animals, that you shall eat.
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21 Moreover, the soul who touches any unclean thing, as the uncleanness of man, or any unclean animal, or any abominable unclean thing, and eats of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which belong to the LORD, that soul shall be cut off from his people.
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34 Of all food which may be eaten, that on which such water comes shall be unclean: and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be unclean.
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27 And whatever goes upon its paws, among all manner of beasts that go on all fours, those are unclean to you: whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening.
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25 And whoever carries any part of the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening.