Leviticus 17:10

I will disown any Israelite or any foreigner living among them who eats any blood and I will expel them from their people.

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In The King James Version

And 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.

In Context

9without bringing it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting to sacrifice it to the Lord must be expelled from their people.

11Life is in the body's blood. I have given it to you so that by putting it on the altar your lives can be made right, for it is the lifeblood that makes people's lives right.

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Cross References

Genesis 9:4But do not eat meat with the lifeblood still in it.

Leviticus 3:17You must not eat any fat or any blood. This regulation is for all time and for all future generations everywhere you live.”

Leviticus 17:11Life is in the body's blood. I have given it to you so that by putting it on the altar your lives can be made right, for it is the lifeblood that makes people's lives right.

Leviticus 20:3I will disown them and expel them from their people, because by sacrificing their children to Molech they have polluted my sanctuary and disgraced my reputation.

Deuteronomy 12:16but you are not to eat the blood—pour that out on the ground.

Deuteronomy 15:23but you are not to eat the blood—pour that out on the ground.

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 →

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