Leviticus 17:13 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

“And anyone of the Israelites or of the aliens who reside among them who hunts down an animal or bird that may be eaten shall pour out its blood and cover it with earth.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, which hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl that may be eaten; he shall even pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And any of the Israelites or of the strangers who sojourn among them who takes in hunting any clean beast or bird shall pour out its blood and cover it with dust.

American Standard Version (1901)

And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among them, who taketh in hunting any beast or bird that may be eaten; he shall pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust.

Common English Bible

Anyone who hunts any animal or bird that can be eaten—whether the hunter is an Israelite or an immigrant who lives with you—must drain its blood out and cover it with dirt.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Any man at all from the sons of Israel, or from the newcomers who sojourn with you, whether by hunting or bird-catching, if he seizes a wild beast or a bird, which is lawful to eat, let him pour out its blood and cover the earth with it.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Any 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.

Leviticus 17:13 Cross References

Job 16:18

“O earth, do not cover my blood; let my outcry find no resting place.

Proverbs 6:26

for a prostitute’s fee is only a loaf of bread, but the wife of another stalks a man’s precious life.

Ezekiel 24:7

For the blood she shed is inside it; she placed it on a bare rock; she did not pour it out on the ground, to cover it with earth.

Leviticus 17:12

Therefore I have said to the Israelites, ‘No person among you shall eat blood, nor shall any alien who resides among you eat blood.’

Leviticus 7:26

You must not eat any blood whatever, either of bird or of animal, in any of your settlements.

Deuteronomy 12:16

The blood, however, you must not eat; you shall pour it out on the ground like water.

Deuteronomy 12:24

Do not eat it; you shall pour it out on the ground like water.

Deuteronomy 15:23

Its blood, however, you must not eat; you shall pour it out on the ground like water.