But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
Leviticus 17:14 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for 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. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition As for the life of all flesh, the blood of it represents the life of it; therefore I said to the Israelites, You shall partake of the blood of no kind of flesh, for the life of all flesh is its blood. Whoever eats of it shall be cut off. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible Again: for every creature’s life, its blood is its life. That is why I have told the Israelites: You must not consume any creature’s blood because every creature’s life is its blood. Anyone who consumes it will be cut off. Catholic Public Domain Version For the life of all flesh is in the blood. Therefore, I said to the sons of Israel: You shall not eat the blood of any flesh at all, because the life of the flesh is in the blood, and whoever has eaten it shall perish. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version 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. |
But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people.
It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.
but that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.
Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.