Leviticus 17:14

KJV1611 – Modern English

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.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    For the life of every creature is in its blood, and I have told the Israelites: You must not eat the blood of any creature, because the life of every creature is in its blood. Anyone who eats it must be cut off.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    For it is the life of all fsh; the blood of it is for the life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of fsh: for the life of all fsh is the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    For as to the life{H5315} of all flesh,{H1320} the blood{H1818} thereof is [all one] with the life{H5315} thereof: therefore I said{H559} unto the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} Ye shall eat{H398} the blood{H1818} of no manner of flesh;{H1320} for the life{H5315} of all flesh{H1320} is the blood{H1818} thereof: whosoever eateth{H398} it shall be cut off.{H3772}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    For it is the life{H5315} of all flesh{H1320}; the blood{H1818} of it is for the life{H5315} thereof: therefore I said{H559}{(H8799)} unto the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}, Ye shall eat{H398}{(H8799)} the blood{H1818} of no manner of flesh{H1320}: for the life{H5315} of all flesh{H1320} is the blood{H1818} thereof: whosoever eateth{H398}{(H8802)} it shall be cut off{H3772}{(H8735)}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    for the life of all flesh is in the bloude, therfore I sayde vnto the childern of Israel, ye shall eate the bloude of no maner of flesh. for the life of all flesh is in his bloude, and whosoeuer therfore eateth it shall perysh.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    for all flesh lyueth in the bloude. And I haue sayde vnto the children of Israel: Ye shall eate the bloude of no body: for the life of all flesh is in his bloude. Who so euer eateth it, shalbe roted out.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    For ye life of all flesh is his blood, it is ioyned with his life: therefore I sayd vnto the children of Israel, Ye shall eate the blood of no flesh: for the life of al flesh is the blood thereof: whosoeuer eateth it, shalbe cut off.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    For the lyfe of the fleshe is the blood of it ioyned with his lyfe: therefore I sayde vnto the chyldren of Israel, ye shal eate the blood of no maner of flesh, for the life of all fleshe is the blood therof: whosoeuer eateth it, shalbe cut of.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    For [it is] the life of all flesh; the blood of it [is] for the life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh [is] the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    For as to the life of all flesh, its blood is with its life: therefore I said to the children of Israel, "You shall not eat the blood of any kind of flesh; for the life of all flesh is its blood. Whoever eats it shall be cut off."

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    for `it is' the life of all flesh, its blood is for its life; and I say to the sons of Israel, Blood of any flesh ye do not eat, for the life of all flesh is its blood; any one eating it is cut off.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For as to the life of all flesh, the blood thereof is `all one' with the life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh; for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For as to the life of all flesh, the blood thereof is [all one] with the life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh; for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    For as to the life of all flesh, its blood is with its life: therefore I said to the children of Israel, "You shall not eat the blood of any kind of flesh; for the life of all flesh is its blood. Whoever eats it shall be cut off."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    for the life of all flesh is its blood. So I have said to the Israelites: You must not eat the blood of any living thing because the life of every living thing is its blood– all who eat it will be cut off.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 9:4 : 4 But flesh with its life, which is the blood, you shall not eat.
  • Deut 12:23 : 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.
  • Lev 17:11-12 : 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Lev 17:9-13
    5 verses
    89%

    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.

    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.

  • Gen 9:3-5
    3 verses
    87%

    3 Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you; just as the green herbs, I have given you all things.

    4 But flesh with its life, which is the blood, you shall not eat.

    5 And surely for your blood, the blood of your lives, I will demand an account; at the hand of every beast I will demand it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother I will demand the life of man.

  • Deut 12:23-24
    2 verses
    86%

    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 7:23-28
    6 verses
    86%

    23 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, You shall not eat any fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat.

    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.

    28 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Deut 12:15-16
    2 verses
    80%

    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 15:23
    79%

    23 Only you shall not eat its blood; you shall pour it upon the ground as water.

  • Lev 3:17
    78%

    17 It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that you eat neither fat nor blood.

  • Lev 17:15
    78%

    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 17:3-4
    2 verses
    77%

    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:

  • Ezek 39:17-19
    3 verses
    74%

    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.

  • Lev 7:19-21
    3 verses
    74%

    19 And the flesh that touches any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire: and for the other flesh, all who are clean shall eat it.

    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.

    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.

  • Lev 6:27
    74%

    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.

  • Ezek 33:25
    74%

    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?

  • Deut 14:20-21
    2 verses
    73%

    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.

  • Lev 19:26
    73%

    26 You shall not eat anything with the blood: nor shall you use enchantment, nor observe times.

  • Num 35:33
    73%

    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 11:2
    72%

    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.

  • Lev 22:8
    72%

    8 What dies of itself, or is torn by beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself with it: I am the LORD.

  • John 6:53
    72%

    53 Then Jesus said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, Except you eat the flesh of the Son of Man, and drink his blood, you have no life in you.

  • 1 Sam 14:32
    72%

    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.

  • Lev 19:8
    72%

    8 Therefore everyone who eats it shall bear his iniquity, because he has profaned the holy thing of the LORD: and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.

  • Exod 22:31
    71%

    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.

  • Ezek 4:14
    71%

    14 Then I said, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul has not been polluted, for from my youth up till now I have not eaten of that which dies of itself or is torn in pieces, neither has abominable flesh come into my mouth.

  • Lev 11:40
    71%

    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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