1 Samuel 14:32

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

They grabbed the food they had captured from the Philistines and started eating. They even killed sheep and cows and calves right on the ground and ate the meat without draining the blood.

Cross References

Genesis 9:4

But life is in the blood, and you must not eat any meat that still has blood in it.

Ezekiel 33:25

So, Ezekiel, tell them I am saying: How can you think the land is still yours? You eat meat with blood in it and worship idols. You commit murder

Leviticus 19:26

Don't eat the blood of any animal. Don't practise any kind of witchcraft.

Leviticus 3:17

So you and your descendants must never eat any fat or any blood, not even in the privacy of your own homes. This law will never change.

Acts 15:20

We should simply write and tell them not to eat anything that has been offered to idols. They should be told not to eat the meat of any animal that has been strangled or that still has blood in it. They must also not commit any terrible sexual sins.

Acts 15:29

But you should not eat anything offered to idols. You should not eat any meat that still has the blood in it or any meat of any animal that has been strangled. You must also not commit any terrible sexual sins. If you follow these instructions, you will do well. We send our best wishes.

1 Samuel 15:19

Why didn't you listen to the LORD? Why did you keep the animals and make him angry?”