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Genesis 9:4
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Genesis 9:4
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4 (A)But you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood.
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Genesis 9:4
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Genesis 9:4
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4 “But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it.(A)
Leviticus 3:17
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Leviticus 3:17
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17 ‘This shall be a (A)perpetual[a] statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings: you shall eat neither fat nor (B)blood.’ ”
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- Leviticus 3:17 everlasting or never-ending
Leviticus 3:17
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Leviticus 3:17
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17 “‘This is a lasting ordinance(A) for the generations to come,(B) wherever you live:(C) You must not eat any fat or any blood.(D)’”
Leviticus 7:26
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Leviticus 7:26
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26 (A)Moreover you shall not eat any blood in any of your dwellings, whether of bird or beast.
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Leviticus 7:26
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Leviticus 7:26
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26 And wherever you live, you must not eat the blood(A) of any bird or animal.
Leviticus 7:27
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Leviticus 7:27
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27 Whoever eats any blood, that person shall be cut off from his people.’ ”
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Leviticus 7:27
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Leviticus 7:27
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27 Anyone who eats blood(A) must be cut off from their people.’”
Deuteronomy 12:16
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Deuteronomy 12:16
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16 (A)Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it on the earth like water.
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Deuteronomy 12:16
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Deuteronomy 12:16
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Deuteronomy 12:23-25
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Deuteronomy 12:23-25
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23 Only be sure that you do not eat the blood, (A)for the blood is the life; you may not eat the life with the meat. 24 You shall not eat it; you shall pour it on the earth like water. 25 You shall not eat it, (B)that it may go well with you and your children after you, (C)when you do what is right in the sight of the Lord.
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Deuteronomy 12:23-25
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Deuteronomy 12:23-25
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23 But be sure you do not eat the blood,(A) because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.(B) 24 You must not eat the blood; pour it out on the ground like water.(C) 25 Do not eat it, so that it may go well(D) with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is right(E) in the eyes of the Lord.
Deuteronomy 15:23
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Deuteronomy 15:23
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23 Only you shall not eat its blood; you shall pour it on the ground like water.
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Deuteronomy 15:23
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Deuteronomy 15:23
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23 But you must not eat the blood; pour it out on the ground like water.(A)
1 Samuel 14:33
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1 Samuel 14:33
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33 Then they told Saul, saying, “Look, the people are sinning against the Lord by eating with the blood!”
So he said, “You have dealt treacherously; roll a large stone to me this day.”
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1 Samuel 14:33
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1 Samuel 14:33
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33 Then someone said to Saul, “Look, the men are sinning against the Lord by eating meat that has blood(A) in it.”
“You have broken faith,” he said. “Roll a large stone over here at once.”
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