KJV King James Version
Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, [whether it be] of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings.
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Leviticus 7:26
Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, [whether it be] of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
You must not eat the blood of any bird or animal in any of your dwellings.
WEB World English Bible
You shall not eat any blood, whether it is of bird or of animal, in any of your dwellings.
ASV American Standard Version
And ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of bird or of beast, in any of your dwellings.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘And any blood ye do not eat in all your dwellings, of fowl, or of beast;
Surrounding context — Leviticus 7
23 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no manner of fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat.
24 And the fat of the beast that dieth of itself, and the fat of that which is torn with beasts, may be used in any other use: but ye shall in no wise eat of it.
25 For whosoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which men offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, even the soul that eateth [it] shall be cut off from his people.
26 Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, [whether it be] of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings.
27 Whatsoever soul [it be] that eateth any manner of blood, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.
28 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
29 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, He that offereth the sacrifice of his peace offerings unto the LORD shall bring his oblation unto the LORD of the sacrifice of his peace offerings.
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Genesis 9:4But flesh with the life thereof, [which is] the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.Leviticus 17:10-14And whatsoever man [there be] of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.Leviticus 3:17[It shall be] a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.Acts 15:20But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and [from] fornication, and [from] things strangled, and [from] blood.1 Samuel 14:33-34Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin against the LORD, in that they eat with the blood. And he said, Ye have transgressed: roll a great stone unto me this day.Ephesians 1:7In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;1 Timothy 4:4For every creature of God [is] good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:Acts 15:29That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.John 6:53Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.Ezekiel 33:25Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land?
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