Genesis 9:4

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

only flesh in its life -- its blood -- ye do not eat.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 12:16 : 16 `Only, the blood ye do not eat -- on the earth thou dost pour it as water;
  • Deut 12:23 : 23 `Only, be sure not to eat the blood, for the blood `is' the life, and thou dost not eat the life with the flesh;
  • Acts 15:20 : 20 but to write to them to abstain from the pollutions of the idols, and the whoredom, and the strangled thing; and the blood;
  • Acts 15:29 : 29 to abstain from things offered to idols, and blood, and a strangled thing, and whoredom; from which keeping yourselves, ye shall do well; be strong!'
  • Lev 17:10-14 : 10 `And any man of the house of Israel, or of the sojourners, who is sojourning in your midst, who eateth any blood, I have even set My face against the person who is eating the blood, and have cut him off from the midst of his people; 11 for the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar, to make atonement for your souls; for it `is' the blood which maketh atonement for the soul. 12 `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; 13 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; 14 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.
  • Lev 19:26 : 26 `Ye do not eat with the blood; ye do not enchant, nor observe clouds.
  • Lev 3:17 : 17 `A statute age-during to your generations in all your dwellings: any fat or any blood ye do not eat.'
  • Lev 7:26 : 26 `And any blood ye do not eat in all your dwellings, of fowl, or of beast;
  • Deut 15:23 : 23 Only, its blood thou dost not eat; on the earth thou dost pour it as water.
  • 1 Sam 14:33-34 : 33 And they declare to Saul, saying, `Lo, the people are sinning against Jehovah, to eat with the blood.' And he saith, `Ye have dealt treacherously, roll unto me to-day a great stone.' 34 And Saul saith, `Be ye scattered among the people, and ye have said to them, Bring ye nigh unto me each his ox, and each his sheep; and ye have slain `them' in this place, and eaten, and ye do not sin against Jehovah to eat with the blood.' And all the people bring nigh each his ox, in his hand, that night, and slaughter `them' there.
  • Deut 14:21 : 21 `Ye do not eat of any carcase; to the sojourner who `is' within thy gates thou dost give it, and he hath eaten it; or sell `it' to a stranger; for a holy people thou `art' to Jehovah thy God; thou dost not boil a kid in its mother's milk.
  • 1 Tim 4:4 : 4 because every creature of God `is' good, and nothing `is' to be rejected, with thanksgiving being received,
  • Acts 15:25 : 25 it seemed good to us, having come together with one accord, chosen men to send unto you, with our beloved Barnabas and Paul --

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • Deut 12:23-24
    2 verses
    88%

    23`Only, be sure not to eat the blood, for the blood `is' the life, and thou dost not eat the life with the flesh;

    24thou dost not eat it, on the earth thou dost pour it as water;

  • Lev 17:10-15
    6 verses
    87%

    10`And any man of the house of Israel, or of the sojourners, who is sojourning in your midst, who eateth any blood, I have even set My face against the person who is eating the blood, and have cut him off from the midst of his people;

    11for the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar, to make atonement for your souls; for it `is' the blood which maketh atonement for the soul.

    12`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;

    13and 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;

    14for `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.

    15`And any person who eateth a carcase or torn thing, among natives or among sojourners -- hath both washed his garments, and hath bathed with water, and hath been unclean until the evening -- then he hath been clean;

  • Lev 7:24-27
    4 verses
    83%

    24and the fat of a carcase, and the fat of a torn thing is prepared for any work, but ye do certainly not eat it;

    25for whoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which `one' bringeth near a fire-offering to Jehovah, even the person who eateth hath been cut off from his people.

    26`And any blood ye do not eat in all your dwellings, of fowl, or of beast;

    27any person who eateth any blood, even that person hath been cut off from his people.'

  • Gen 9:3
    81%

    3Every creeping thing that is alive, to you it is for food; as the green herb I have given to you the whole;

  • Deut 15:23
    81%

    23Only, its blood thou dost not eat; on the earth thou dost pour it as water.

  • Deut 12:15-16
    2 verses
    81%

    15`Only, with all the desire of thy soul thou dost sacrifice, and hast eaten flesh according to the blessing of Jehovah thy God which He hath given to thee, in all thy gates; the unclean and the clean do eat it, as of the roe, and as of the hart.

    16`Only, the blood ye do not eat -- on the earth thou dost pour it as water;

  • Gen 9:5-6
    2 verses
    81%

    5`And only your blood for your lives do I require; from the hand of every living thing I require it, and from the hand of man, from the hand of every man's brother I require the life of man;

    6whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man is his blood shed: for in the image of God hath He made man.

  • Lev 3:17
    78%

    17`A statute age-during to your generations in all your dwellings: any fat or any blood ye do not eat.'

  • Lev 19:26
    78%

    26`Ye do not eat with the blood; ye do not enchant, nor observe clouds.

  • John 6:53
    77%

    53Jesus, therefore, said to them, `Verily, verily, I say to you, If ye may not eat the flesh of the Son of Man, and may not drink his blood, ye have no life in yourselves;

  • Ezek 39:17-19
    3 verses
    76%

    17And thou, son of man, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Say to the bird -- every wing, and to every beast of the field: Be assembled and come in, Be gathered from round about, For My sacrifice that I am sacrificing for you, A great sacrifice on mountains of Israel, And ye have eaten flesh, and drunk blood.

    18Flesh of the mighty ye do eat, And blood of princes of the earth ye drink, Of rams, of lambs, and of he-goats, Of calves, fatlings of Bashan -- all of them.

    19And ye have eaten fat to satiety, And ye have drunk blood -- to drunkenness, Of My sacrifice that I sacrificed for you.

  • Lev 6:27
    75%

    27all that cometh against its flesh is holy, and when `any' of its blood is sprinkled on the garment, that on which it is sprinkled thou dost wash in the holy place;

  • Lev 11:8-9
    2 verses
    74%

    8`Of their flesh ye do not eat, and against their carcase ye do not come -- unclean they `are' to you.

    9`This ye do eat of all which `are' in the waters; any one that hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the brooks, them ye do eat;

  • Deut 14:3-4
    2 verses
    74%

    3`Thou dost not eat any abominable thing;

    4`this `is' the beast which ye do eat: ox, lamb of the sheep, or kid of the goats,

  • Lev 22:8
    74%

    8a carcase or torn thing he doth not eat, for uncleanness thereby; I `am' Jehovah.

  • Exod 22:31
    73%

    31`And ye are holy men to Me, and flesh torn in the field ye do not eat, to a dog ye do cast it.

  • Ezek 33:25
    73%

    25Therefore say unto them: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: With the blood ye do eat, And your eyes ye lift up unto your idols, And blood ye shed, and the land ye inherit!

  • Exod 12:9
    73%

    9ye do not eat of it raw, or boiled at all in water, but roast with fire, its head with its legs, and with its inwards;

  • Deut 14:20-21
    2 verses
    73%

    20any clean fowl ye do eat.

    21`Ye do not eat of any carcase; to the sojourner who `is' within thy gates thou dost give it, and he hath eaten it; or sell `it' to a stranger; for a holy people thou `art' to Jehovah thy God; thou dost not boil a kid in its mother's milk.

  • Ezek 44:31
    73%

    31Any carcase and torn thing, of the fowl, and of the beasts, the priests do not eat.

  • Lev 7:20
    73%

    20and the person who eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of the peace-offerings which `are' Jehovah's, and his uncleanness upon him, even that person hath been cut off from his people.

  • Num 35:33
    72%

    33`And ye profane not the land which ye `are' in, for blood profaneth the land; as to the land, it is not pardoned for blood which is shed in it except by the blood of him who sheddeth it;

  • Lev 11:2
    72%

    2`Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, This `is' the beast which ye do eat out of all the beasts which `are' on the earth:

  • Lev 17:3
    72%

    3Any man of the house of Israel who slaughtereth ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or who slaughtereth at the outside of the camp,

  • John 6:55
    72%

    55for my flesh truly is food, and my blood truly is drink;

  • Heb 9:20
    72%

    20saying, `This `is' the blood of the covenant that God enjoined unto you,'

  • Deut 14:9
    72%

    9`This ye do eat of all that `are' in the waters; all that hath fins and scales ye do eat;

  • Lev 11:39
    72%

    39`And when any of the beasts which are to you for food dieth, he who is coming against its carcase is unclean till the evening;