14 For the life of all flesh is his blood, it is joined with his life: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, (A)Ye shall eat the blood of no [a]flesh: for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it, shall be cut off.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 17:14 Or, living creature.

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.”(A)

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