Genesis 9:3
And everything that moves and lives will be food for you. Just as with the edible plants, I have delivered them all to you,
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In Context
4except that flesh with blood you shall not eat.
Cross References
Leviticus 11:1And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:
Deuteronomy 12:15So, if you wish to eat, and if the eating of flesh pleases you, then kill and eat according to the blessing of the Lord your God, which he has given to you, in your cities: you may eat it whether it is unclean, that is, having blemish or defect, or whether it is clean, that is, whole and without blemish, of the kind which is permitted to be offered, such as the roe deer and the stag.
Psalms 104:14he allowed no man to harm them, and he reproved kings on their behalf.
Romans 14:3He who eats should not despise him who does not eat. And he who does not eat should not judge him who eats. For God has accepted him.
Romans 14:17For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but rather justice and peace and joy, in the Holy Spirit.
1 Corinthians 10:23All is lawful to me, but not all is edifying.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 9:2-8
Blessing of Noah and His Sons. ( b. c. 2348.) 1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. 2 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered. 3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things. 4 But flesh with the life… Read the whole commentary →