Leviticus 17:11-14

Laws Against Eating Blood

11 f For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it for you on the altar g to make atonement for your souls, h for it is the blood that makes atonement by the life. 12 Therefore I have said to the people of Israel, No person among you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger who sojourns among you eat blood.

13 "Any one also of the people of Israel, or of the strangers who sojourn among them, who takes in hunting any beast or bird that may be eaten shall i pour out its blood and j cover it with earth. 14 For the life of every creature 1 is its k blood: its blood is its life. 2 Therefore I have said to the people of Israel, You shall not eat the blood of any creature, for the life of every creature is its blood. Whoever eats it shall be cut off.

  1. Cross References
    Leviticus 17:14
    For the life of every creature is its blood: its blood is its life. Therefore I have said to the people of Israel, You shall not eat the blood of any creature, for the life of every creature is its blood. Whoever eats it shall be cut off.
  2. Cross References
    Matthew 26:28
    For this is my blood of the covenant, which is ...
    Mark 14:24
    And he said to them, "This is my blood of the c...
    Romans 3:25
    Whom God put forward as a propitiation by his b...
    Romans 5:9
    Since, therefore, we have now been justified by...
    Ephesians 1:7
    In him we have redemption through his blood, th...
    Colossians 1:14
    In whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of ...
    Colossians 1:20
    And through him to reconcile to himself all thi...
    Hebrews 13:12
    So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in orde...
    1 John 1:7
    But if we walk in the light, as he is in the li...
    Revelation 1:5
    And from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the...
  3. Cross References
    Hebrews 9:22
    Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.
  4. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 12:16
    Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it out on the earth like water.
    Deuteronomy 12:24
    You shall not eat it; you shall pour it out on the earth like water.
    Deuteronomy 15:23
    Only you shall not eat its blood; you shall pour it out on the ground like water.
  5. Cross References
    Ezekiel 24:7
    For the blood she has shed is in her midst; she put it on the bare rock; she did not pour it out on the ground to cover it with dust.
  6. Cross References
    Leviticus 17:11
    For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it for you on the altar to make atonement for your souls, for it is the blood that makes atonement by the life.
    Genesis 9:4
    But you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood.
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