Deuteronomy 12:23 References

23 "Only be sure anot to eat the blood, for the blood is the life, and you shall not eat the life with the flesh.

a Genesis 9:4, Leviticus 17:10-14, Deuteronomy 12:16


Genesis 9

4 "Only you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, aits blood.

Leviticus 17

10 'aAnd any man from the house of Israel, or from the aliens who sojourn among them, who eats any blood, bI will set My face against that person who eats blood and will cut him off from among his people.
11 'For athe life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your souls; for bit is the blood by reason of the life that makes atonement.'
12 "Therefore I said to the sons of Israel, 'No person among you may eat blood, nor may any alien who sojourns among you eat blood.'
13 "So when any man from the sons of Israel, or from the aliens who sojourn among them, in hunting catches a beast or a bird which may be eaten, ahe shall pour out its blood and cover it with earth.
14 "aFor as for the life of all flesh, its blood is identified with its life. Therefore I said to the sons of Israel, 'You are not to eat the blood of any flesh, for the life of all flesh is its blood; whoever eats it shall be cut off.'

Deuteronomy 12

16 "aOnly you shall not eat the blood; byou are to pour it out on the ground like water.