Bible Cross References
Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.
Deuteronomy 12:23
Only do not eat meat with blood still in it, for the life is in the blood, and you must not eat the life with the meat.
Deuteronomy 12:24
Do not use the blood for food; instead, pour it out on the ground like water.
Deuteronomy 15:23
But do not use their blood for food; instead, you must pour it out on the ground like water.
Genesis 9:4
The one thing you must not eat is meat with blood still in it; I forbid this because the life is in the blood.
Leviticus 7:26
No matter where the Israelites live, they must never use the blood of birds or animals for food.
Leviticus 7:27
Anyone who breaks this law will no longer be considered one of God's people.
Leviticus 17:10-13
10
If any Israelites or any foreigners living in the community eat meat with blood still in it, the LORD will turn against them and no longer consider them his people.
11
The life of every living thing is in the blood, and that is why the LORD has commanded that all blood be poured out on the altar to take away the people's sins. Blood, which is life, takes away sins.
12
That is why the LORD has told the people of Israel that neither they nor any foreigner living among them shall eat any meat with blood still in it.
13
If any Israelites or any foreigners living in the community catch an animal or a bird which is ritually clean, they must pour its blood out on the ground and cover it with dirt.
Acts 15:29
eat no food that has been offered to idols; eat no blood; eat no animal that has been strangled; and keep yourselves from sexual immorality. You will do well if you take care not to do these things. With our best wishes."
1 Timothy 4:4
Everything that God has created is good; nothing is to be rejected, but everything is to be received with a prayer of thanks,