Genesis 9:3
Every moving thing that liveth shall be for food for you; as the green herb have I given you all.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
4Only flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
Cross References
Leviticus 11:1And the LORD spoke unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them:
Deuteronomy 12:15Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh within all thy gates, after all the desire of thy soul, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which He hath given thee; the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the gazelle, and as of the hart.
Psalms 104:14Who causeth the grass to spring up for the cattle, and herb for the service of man; to bring forth bread out of the earth,
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 →