Leviticus 17:10
And if any man of Israel, or any other living among them, takes any sort of blood for food, my wrath will be turned against that man and he will be cut off from among his people.
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Genesis 9:4But flesh with the life-blood in it you may not take for food.
Leviticus 3:17Let it be an order for ever, through all your generations, in all your houses, that you are not to take fat or blood for food.
Leviticus 17:11For the life of the flesh is in its blood; and I have given it to you on the altar to take away your sin: for it is the blood which makes free from sin because of the life in it.
Leviticus 20:3And my face will be turned against that man, and he will be cut off from his people; because he has given his offspring to Molech, making my holy place unclean, and making my holy name common.
Deuteronomy 12:16But you may not take the blood for food, it is to be drained out on the earth like water.
Deuteronomy 15:23Only do not take its blood for food, but let it be drained out on the earth like water.
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 17:2-10
Directions Concerning Sacrifices. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them; This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded, saying, 3 What man soever there be of the house of Israel, that killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that killeth it out of the camp, 4 And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer an offering unto the Lord before the tabernacle of the… Read the whole commentary →