Genesis 9:4
But flesh with its life, that is, its blood, you shall not eat.
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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 3:17+ 3:17. Lev 3:17 (#3.196): T. Not to eat fat / R. Not to eat certain fats of clean animals (such as ox, sheep, or goat) “‘It shall be a perpetual regulation throughout all your generations in all your dwellings, that you shall eat neither fat + 3:17. Lev 3:17 (#3.197): Not to eat blood of any kind / Note: The blood is the life (of the animal). Blood makes atonement because of the life (Lev 17:11) nor blood.’”
Leviticus 17:10“‘Any man of the house of Israel [God prevails], or of the strangers who live as foreigners among them, who eats any kind of blood, I will set my face against that soul who eats blood, and will cut him off from among his people.
Deuteronomy 12:16Only you shall not eat the blood. You shall pour it out on the earth like water.
Deuteronomy 14:21+ 14:21. Deut 14:21 (#3.251): T. Not to eat an animal that died without slaughtering / R. Not to eat an animal that died without ritual slaughter You shall not eat of anything that dies of itself. You may give it to the foreigner living among you who is within your gates, that he may eat it; or you may sell it to a foreigner; for you are a holy people to Adonai your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk. (5)
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 →