Leviticus 17:12

Bible in Basic English 1965

For this reason I have said to the children of Israel, No man among you, or any others living with you, may take blood as food.

Cross References

Exodus 12:49

The law is the same for him who is an Israelite by birth and for the man from a strange country who is living with you.

Ezekiel 33:25

For this cause say to them, This is what the Lord has said: You take your meat with the blood, your eyes are lifted up to your images, and you are takers of life: are you to have the land for your heritage?

Leviticus 17:11

For the life of the flesh is in its blood; and I have given it to you on the altar to take away your sin: for it is the blood which makes free from sin because of the life in it.

Leviticus 17:13

And any man of Israel, or any other living among them, who gets with his bow any beast or bird used for food, is to see that its blood is covered with earth.

Leviticus 3:17

Let it be an order for ever, through all your generations, in all your houses, that you are not to take fat or blood for food.