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(A)The one thing you must not eat is meat with blood still in it; I forbid this because the life is in the blood.

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“But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it.(A)

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26 (A)No matter where the Israelites live, they must never use the blood of birds or animals for food. 27 Anyone who breaks this law will no longer be considered one of God's people.

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26 And wherever you live, you must not eat the blood(A) of any bird or animal. 27 Anyone who eats blood(B) must be cut off from their people.’”

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10 (A)If any Israelites or any foreigners living in the community eat meat with blood still in it, the Lord will turn against them and no longer consider them his people. 11 (B)The life of every living thing is in the blood, and that is why the Lord has commanded that all blood be poured out on the altar to take away the people's sins. Blood, which is life, takes away sins. 12 That is why the Lord has told the people of Israel that neither they nor any foreigner living among them shall eat any meat with blood still in it.

13 If any Israelites or any foreigners living in the community catch an animal or a bird which is ritually clean, they must pour its blood out on the ground and cover it with dirt. 14 The life of every living thing is in the blood, and that is why the Lord has told the people of Israel that they shall not eat any meat with blood still in it and that anyone who does so will no longer be considered one of his people.

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10 “‘I will set my face against any Israelite or any foreigner residing among them who eats blood,(A) and I will cut them off from the people. 11 For the life of a creature is in the blood,(B) and I have given it to you to make atonement for yourselves on the altar; it is the blood that makes atonement for one’s life.[a](C) 12 Therefore I say to the Israelites, “None of you may eat blood, nor may any foreigner residing among you eat blood.”

13 “‘Any Israelite or any foreigner residing among you who hunts any animal or bird that may be eaten must drain out the blood and cover it with earth,(D) 14 because the life of every creature is its blood. That is why I have said to the Israelites, “You must not eat the blood of any creature, because the life of every creature is its blood; anyone who eats it must be cut off.”(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 17:11 Or atonement by the life in the blood

26 (A)“Do not eat any meat with blood still in it. Do not practice any kind of magic.

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26 “‘Do not eat any meat with the blood still in it.(A)

“‘Do not practice divination(B) or seek omens.(C)

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16 (A)But you must not eat their blood; you must pour it out on the ground like water.

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16 But you must not eat the blood;(A) pour(B) it out on the ground like water.(C)

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23 (A)Only do not eat meat with blood still in it, for the life is in the blood, and you must not eat the life with the meat.

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23 But be sure you do not eat the blood,(A) because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.(B)

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