Genesis 9:4 - Easy To Read Version

⁴ But I give you one command. You must not eat meat that still has its life (blood) in it.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ But you shall not eat flesh with the life of it, which is its blood.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.

Common English Bible

⁴ However, you must not eat meat with its life, its blood, in it.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ except that flesh with blood you shall not eat.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ Saving that flesh with blood you shall not eat.

Genesis 9:4 Cross References

Ezekiel 33:25

“You must tell them that the Lord and Master says these things, ‘You eat meat with the blood still in it. You look to your idols {\cf2\super [271]} for help. You murder people. So why should I give you this land?

Leviticus 19:26

“You must not eat any meat with blood still in it.

Leviticus 3:17

This rule will continue forever through all your generations. Wherever you live, you must never eat fat or blood.”

Leviticus 7:26

“No matter where you live, you must never eat blood from any bird or any animal.

Acts 15:20

Instead, we should write a letter to them. We should tell them these things:

Acts 15:25

We have all agreed to choose some men and send them to you. They will be with our dear friends, Barnabas and Paul.

Acts 15:29

Don’t eat food that has been given to idols. {\cf2\super [320]} \par Don’t eat meat from animals that have been\par strangled (choked) or\par any meat that still has the blood in it.\par Don’t do any kind of sexual sin.\par

Deuteronomy 12:16

But you must not eat the blood. You must pour the blood on the ground like water.

Deuteronomy 12:23

But be sure not to eat the blood. Why? Because the life is in the blood. And you must not eat meat that still has life in it.

Deuteronomy 14:21

“Don’t eat any animal that has died by itself. You may give the dead animal to the foreigner in your town, and he can eat it. Or you may sell the dead animal to a foreigner. But you yourselves must not eat the dead animal. Why? Because you belong to the Lord your God. You are his special people.

Deuteronomy 15:23

But you must not eat the blood from the animal. You must pour the blood out on the ground like water.

1 Timothy 4:4

Everything that God made is good. Nothing that God made should be refused if it is accepted with thanks to God.

1 Samuel 14:32

They had taken sheep, cows, and calves from the Philistines. Now the people of Israel were so hungry they killed the animals on the ground and ate them. And the blood was still in the animals!