Ezekiel 33:25

Easy To Read Version

“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?

Cross References

Genesis 9:4

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

Psalm 24:4

People who have not done evil things,\par people who have pure hearts,\par people who have not used my name {\cf2\super [146]} to make lies sound like the truth,\par and people who have not lied and made false promises.\par \{Only those people can worship there.\}\par

Jeremiah 7:15

I will throw you away from me just like I threw away all your brothers from Ephraim. {\cf2\super [61]}

Jeremiah 7:21

The Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, says these things: “Go and offer as many burnt offerings and sacrifices as you want. Eat the meat of those sacrifices yourselves.

Ezekiel 18:12

He might mistreat poor, helpless people. He might take advantage of people. He might not give back the collateral {\cf2\super [134]} when a person pays his debt. That evil son might pray to those filthy idols and do other terrible things.

Ezekiel 18:15

That good son does not go to the mountains and share in foods offered to false gods. He does not pray to those filthy idols in Israel. He does not do the sin of adultery with his neighbor’s wife.

Ezekiel 18:6

That good person does not go to the mountains and share in foods offered to false gods. He does not pray to those filthy idols in Israel. He does not do the sin of adultery with his neighbor’s wife. He does not have sex with his wife during her period.

Ezekiel 22:27

“The leaders in Jerusalem are like a wolf eating the animal it has caught. Those leaders attack and kill people just to get rich.

Ezekiel 22:3

You must say, ‘The Lord my Master says this: The city is full of murderers. So her time of punishment will come! She made filthy idols for herself. And those idols made her filthy!

Ezekiel 22:6

“‘Look! In Jerusalem, every ruler of Israel made himself strong so he could kill other people.

Ezekiel 22:9

People in Jerusalem tell lies about other people. They do this to kill those innocent people. People go to the mountains \{to worship false gods\} and then come to Jerusalem to eat \{their fellowship meals\}.

Ezekiel 36:18

They spilled blood on the ground when they murdered people in that land. They made the land filthy with their idols. {\cf2\super [281]} So I showed them how angry I was.

Ezekiel 9:9

\{God\} said, “The family of Israel and Judah have done many, many very bad sins! People are being murdered everywhere in this country. And this city is filled with crime. Why? Because the people say to themselves, ‘The Lord left this country. He can’t see the things we are doing.’

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 7:20

But if a person is unclean and eats the meat from the fellowship offerings that belongs to the Lord, then that person must be separated from his people.

Leviticus 7:21

“A person might touch something that is unclean. [79] That thing may have been made unclean by people, by an unclean animal, or by any unclean hated thing. {That person will become unclean, and} if he eats any of the meat from the fellowship offerings that belong to the Lord, then that person must be separated from his people.”

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

Acts 21:25

We have already sent a letter to the non-Jewish believers. The letter said:

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 15:23

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

Deuteronomy 4:19

And be careful when you look up to the sky and see the sun, the moon, and the stars—all the many things in the sky. Be careful that you are not tempted to worship and serve those things. The Lord your God lets the other people in the world do those things.