Verse 16

Only ye shall not eat{H398}{(H8799)} the blood{H1818}; ye shall pour{H8210}{(H8799)} it upon the earth{H776} as water{H4325}.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 9:4 : 4 But{H389} flesh{H1320} with the life{H5315} thereof, which is the blood{H1818} thereof, shall ye not eat{H398}{(H8799)}.
  • Deut 15:23 : 23 Only thou shalt not eat{H398}{(H8799)} the blood{H1818} thereof; thou shalt pour{H8210}{(H8799)} it upon the ground{H776} as water{H4325}.
  • Acts 15:29 : 29 That ye abstain{G567}{(G5733)} from meats offered to idols{G1494}, and{G2532} from blood{G129}, and{G2532} from things strangled{G4156}, and{G2532} from fornication{G4202}: from{G1537} which{G3739} if ye keep{G1301}{(G5723)} yourselves{G1438}, ye shall do{G4238}{(G5692)} well{G2095}. Fare ye well{G4517}{(G5770)}.
  • 1 Tim 4:4 : 4 For{G3754} every{G3956} creature{G2938} of God{G2316} is good{G2570}, and{G2532} nothing{G3762} to be refused{G579}, if it be received{G2983}{(G5746)} with{G3326} thanksgiving{G2169}:
  • Lev 7:26-27 : 26 Moreover ye shall eat{H398}{(H8799)} no manner of blood{H1818}, whether it be of fowl{H5775} or of beast{H929}, in any of your dwellings{H4186}. 27 Whatsoever soul{H5315} it be that eateth{H398}{(H8799)} any manner{H3605} of blood{H1818}, even that soul{H5315} shall be cut off{H3772}{(H8738)} from his people{H5971}.
  • Lev 17:10-13 : 10 And whatsoever man{H376} there be of the house{H1004} of Israel{H3478}, or of the strangers{H1616} that sojourn{H1481}{(H8802)} among{H8432} you, that eateth{H398}{(H8799)} any manner of blood{H1818}; I will even set{H5414}{(H8804)} my face{H6440} against that soul{H5315} that eateth{H398}{(H8802)} blood{H1818}, and will cut him off{H3772}{(H8689)} from among{H7130} his people{H5971}. 11 For the life{H5315} of the flesh{H1320} is in the blood{H1818}: and I have given{H5414}{(H8804)} it to you upon the altar{H4196} to make an atonement{H3722}{(H8763)} for your souls{H5315}: for it is the blood{H1818} that maketh an atonement{H3722}{(H8762)} for the soul{H5315}. 12 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}. 13 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}.
  • Deut 12:23-24 : 23 Only be sure{H2388}{(H8798)} that thou eat{H398}{(H8800)} not the blood{H1818}: for the blood{H1818} is the life{H5315}; and thou mayest not eat{H398}{(H8799)} the life{H5315} with the flesh{H1320}. 24 Thou shalt not eat{H398}{(H8799)} it; thou shalt pour{H8210}{(H8799)} it upon the earth{H776} as water{H4325}.