Genesis 9:4-5

God's Covenant with Noah

4 But you shall not eat flesh with its u life, that is, its blood. 5 And for your lifeblood I will require a reckoning: v from every beast I will require it and w from man. From his fellow man I will require a reckoning for the life of man.

  1. Cross References
    Leviticus 17:10 - 11
    If any one of the house of Israel or of the str...
    Leviticus 17:14
    For the life of every creature is its blood: it...
    Deuteronomy 12:16
    Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pou...
    Deuteronomy 12:23
    Only be sure that you do not eat the blood, for...
    1 Samuel 14:33
    Then they told Saul, "Behold, the people are si...
    Acts 15:20
    But should write to them to abstain from the th...
    Acts 15:29
    That you abstain from what has been sacrificed ...
  2. Cross References
    Exodus 21:28
    When an ox gores a man or a woman to death, the ox shall be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten, but the owner of the ox shall not be liable.
  3. Cross References
    Genesis 4:10 - 11
    And the Lord said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the ground.
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