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"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.'
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Genesis 9:4, Leviticus 17:11
Genesis 9
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"Only you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is,aits blood.
Leviticus 17
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.'