Treasury of Scripture Knowledge For the life of all flesh is in the blood. Therefore I said to the children of Israel: you shall not eat the blood of any flesh at all, because the life of the flesh is in the blood, and whosoever eateth it, shall be cut off. Leviticus 17:11,12 Because the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you, that you may make atonement with it upon the altar for your souls, and the blood may be for an expiation of the soul. . . . Genesis 9:4 Saving that flesh with blood you shall not eat. Deuteronomy 12:23 Only beware of this, that thou eat not the blood, for the blood is for the soul: and therefore thou must not eat the soul with the flesh: Context Eating of Blood Forbidden…13Any man whosoever of the children of Israel, and of the strangers that sojourn among you, if by hunting or fowling, he take a wild beast or a bird, which is lawful to eat, let him pour out its blood, and cover it with earth. 14For the life of all flesh is in the blood. Therefore I said to the children of Israel: you shall not eat the blood of any flesh at all, because the life of the flesh is in the blood, and whosoever eateth it, shall be cut off.15The soul that eateth that which died of itself, or has been caught by a beast, whether he be one of your own country or a stranger, shall wash his clothes and himself with water, and shall be defiled until the evening: and in this manner he shall be made clean.… Cross References Acts 15:20 But that we write unto them, that they refrain themselves from the pollutions of idols and from fornication and from things strangled and from blood. Genesis 9:4 Saving that flesh with blood you shall not eat. Leviticus 17:11 Because the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you, that you may make atonement with it upon the altar for your souls, and the blood may be for an expiation of the soul. Lexicon Forכִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction the life נֶ֣פֶשׁ (ne·p̄eš) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion of all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every flesh בָּשָׂ֗ר (bā·śār) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1320: Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man is its blood. דָּמ֣וֹ (dā·mōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1818: Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed Therefore I have told וָֽאֹמַר֙ (wā·’ō·mar) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say the Israelites: לִבְנֵ֣י (liḇ·nê) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son You must not לֹ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no eat תֹאכֵ֑לוּ (ṯō·ḵê·lū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 398: To eat the blood דַּ֥ם (dam) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 1818: Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed of any כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every living thing, בָּשָׂ֖ר (bā·śār) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1320: Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man because כִּ֣י (kî) Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction the life נֶ֤פֶשׁ (ne·p̄eš) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion of all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every flesh בָּשָׂר֙ (bā·śār) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1320: Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man is its blood; דָּמ֣וֹ (dā·mōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1818: Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed whoever כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every eats אֹכְלָ֖יו (’ō·ḵə·lāw) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 398: To eat it must be cut off. יִכָּרֵֽת׃ (yik·kā·rêṯ) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3772: To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant Additional Translations For the life of all flesh is its blood. Therefore I have told the Israelites, ‘You must not eat the blood of any living thing, because the life of all flesh is its blood; whoever eats it must be cut off.’For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the life thereof: therefore I said to the children of Israel, You shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whoever eats it shall be cut off. For as to the life of all flesh, the blood thereof is all one with the life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh; for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off. For the blood of all flesh is its life; and I said to the children of Israel, Ye shall not eat the blood of any flesh, for the life of all flesh is its blood: every one that eats it shall be destroyed. for as to the life of all flesh, its blood is the life in it; and I have said unto the children of Israel, Of the blood of no manner of flesh shall ye eat, for the life of all flesh is its blood: whoever eateth it shall be cut off. For as to the life of all flesh, the blood thereof is all one with the life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off. For it is the life of all flesh, the blood of it is for the life of it; therefore I said to the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is its blood: whoever eateth it shall be cut off. 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." for it is the life of all flesh, its blood is for its life; and I say to the sons of Israel, Blood of any flesh ye do not eat, for the life of all flesh is its blood; any one eating it is cut off. 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