Genesis 9:4
But basar with the nefesh thereof, which is the dahm thereof, shall ye not eat.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
In Context
Cross References
Leviticus 3:17It shall be a chukkat olam for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither chelev (fat) nor dahm (blood).
Leviticus 17:10And whatsoever man there be of Bais Yisroel, or of the ger that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of dahm; I will even set My face against that nefesh that eateth dahm, and will cut it off + 17:10 See Dan 9:26 from among its people.
Deuteronomy 12:16Only ye shall not eat the dahm; ye shall pour it upon ha'aretz as mayim.
Deuteronomy 14:21Ye shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself; thou shalt give it unto the ger that is in thy she'arim, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien; for thou art an Am Kadosh unto Hashem Eloheicha. Thou shalt not boil a young goat in its motherʼs cholov.
1 Samuel 14:33Then they told Sha'ul, saying, Hinei, HaAm sin against Hashem, in that they eat with the dahm. And he said, Ye have dealt treacherously; today roll an even gedolah (large stone) over here to me.
Ezekiel 33:25Therefore say unto them, Thus saith Adonoi Hashem; Ye eat al hadahm + 33:25 Lv 19:26 and lift up your eyes toward your gillulim, and do shefach dahm — even so shall you inherit the possession of HaAretz?
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 →