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12 Therefore[a] I said to the Israelites,[b]None of you[c] may eat blood, nor[d] may the alien who is dwelling in your midst eat blood.’

13 “And if there is anyone[e] from the Israelites[f] or[g] from the alien who is dwelling in their midst who hunts a wild game animal or a bird that may be eaten, then[h] he shall pour out its blood, and he shall cover it with the soil. 14 Indeed,[i] the life of all flesh, its blood, is in its life, so[j] I said to the Israelites,[k] ‘You may not eat the blood of any flesh, because the life of all flesh is its blood; anyone who eats it must be cut off.’

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 17:12 Literally “Unto thus”
  2. Leviticus 17:12 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  3. Leviticus 17:12 Literally “all of individual self from you not”
  4. Leviticus 17:12 Or “and not”
  5. Leviticus 17:13 Literally “a man a man”
  6. Leviticus 17:13 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  7. Leviticus 17:13 Or “and”
  8. Leviticus 17:13 Or “and”
  9. Leviticus 17:14 Or “Because”
  10. Leviticus 17:14 Or “and”
  11. Leviticus 17:14 Literally “sons/children of Israel”