You shall not eat any blood, whether it is of bird or of animal, in any of your dwellings.
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You shall not eat any blood, whether it is of bird or of animal, in any of your dwellings.
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Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings.
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And ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings.
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- Genesis 9:4 But flesh with its life, that is, its blood, you shall not eat.
- Leviticus 3:17 “ ‘It shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings, that you shall eat neither fat nor blood.’ ”
- Leviticus 17:10-14 “ ‘Any man of the house of Israel, 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. For the life of the flesh is in the blood. I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood that makes atonement by reason of the life. Therefore I have said to the children of Israel, “No person among you may eat blood, nor may any stranger who lives as a foreigner among you eat blood.” “ ‘Whatever man there is of the children of Israel, or of the strangers who live as foreigners among them, who takes in hunting any animal or bird that may be eaten, he shall pour out its blood, and cover it with dust. For as to the life of all flesh, its blood is with its life. Therefore I said to the children of Israel, “You shall not eat the blood of any kind of flesh; for the life of all flesh is its blood. Whoever eats it shall be cut off.”
- Acts 15:20 but that we write to them that they abstain from the pollution of idols, from sexual immorality, from what is strangled, and from blood.
- 1 Samuel 14:33-34 Then they told Saul, saying, “Behold, the people are sinning against Yahweh, in that they eat meat with the blood.” He said, “You have dealt treacherously. Roll a large stone to me today!” Saul said, “Disperse yourselves among the people, and tell them, ‘Every man bring me here his ox, and every man his sheep, and kill them here, and eat; and don’t sin against Yahweh in eating meat with the blood.’ ” All the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and killed them there.
- Ezekiel 33:25 Therefore tell them, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “You eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes to your idols, and shed blood. So should you possess the land?
- John 6:53 Jesus therefore said to them, “Most certainly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you don’t have life in yourselves.
- Acts 15:29 that you abstain from things sacrificed to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from sexual immorality, from which if you keep yourselves, it will be well with you. Farewell.”
- Ephesians 1:7 in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,
- 1 Timothy 4:4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it is received with thanksgiving.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Lev 7:26 Moreover ye shall eat no manner of…
Lev 7:26 Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, [whether it be] of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings.
Ver. 26. Ye shall eat no manner of blood.] This signified, (1.) That we should learn to honour holy things, and not to make a mock of them by employing them to common use; (2.) That we should be most careful not to shed man’s blood for the satisfying of our lust. See Lev 17:11-12 Gen 9:4-5 Deu 12:13.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Whatsoever soul it be that eateth any manner of…
Whatsoever soul it be that eateth any manner of blood,.... The Targum of Jonathan adds, of any living creature, that is, of any while it is alive; for the Jews always interpret the law in Gen 9:4 of the member of a living creature torn off from it, and its flesh with the blood eaten directly:
even that soul shall be cut off from his people; Maimonides (r) observes, that to some sorts of food cutting off is threatened, particularly to blood, because of the eager desire of men to eat it in those times, and because it precipitated them to a certain species of idolatry; he means that of the Zabians, of which See Gill on Eze 33:25 of the true reason of the prohibition of eating blood under the law, see Lev 17:10, &c.
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(r) Moreh Nevochim, par. 3. c. 41.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain No manner of blood - See Lev 17:10-15.
No manner of blood - See Lev 17:10-15.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Beasts. Hence the Rabbins except the blood of fishes,…
Beasts. Hence the Rabbins except the blood of fishes, as it is not specified. (Calmet)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 26. Ye shall eat no… blood — To this…
26. Ye shall eat no… blood — To this prohibition there is no exception.
It has especial respect to the atoning blood of sacrifice, first of the type and then of the great Antitype.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (26) Moreover ye shall eat. . . . —Better,…
(26) Moreover ye shall eat. . . . —Better, and ye shall eat no blood in all your dwellings. That is, this law is binding upon the Israelites wherever they may dwell. (See Lev_3:17.)
Whether it be of fowl or of beast.—It extends to all fowls and quadrupeds, whether they are legally prescribed as sacrifices or not; but not to fishes, locusts, creeping things, &c., which are not prescribed in the dietary laws as unclean.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 7:26-27 The prohibition against consuming blood was so important…
7:26-27 The prohibition against consuming blood was so important that the Council at Jerusalem included it in the instructions for Gentile believers (Acts 15:29).
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