Leviticus 17:10

Easy To Read Version

“I (God) will be against any person who eats blood. It does not matter if that person is a citizen of Israel or if that person is a foreigner living among you! I will separate that person from his people.

Cross References

Genesis 9:4

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

2 Samuel 23:17

David said, “Lord, I can’t drink this water. It would be like drinking the blood of the men who risked their lives for me.” This is why David refused to drink the water. The Three Heroes did many brave things like that.

Psalm 34:16

But the Lord is against people\par that do bad things.\par He destroys them completely!\par

Exodus 30:33

If anyone makes a perfume like this holy oil, and if he gives it to a foreigner, then that person must be separated from his people.”

Jeremiah 21:10

I have decided to make trouble for the city of Jerusalem. I will not help the city.’” This message is from the Lord. “‘I will give the city of Jerusalem to the king of Babylon. He will burn it with fire.’

Jeremiah 44:11

So, this is what the Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, says: “I have decided to make terrible things happen to you. I will destroy the whole family of Judah.

Ezekiel 14:8

I will turn against that person. I will destroy him. He will be an example to other people. People will laugh at him. I will remove him from my people. Then you will know that I am the Lord!

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?

Ezekiel 44:7

You brought foreigners into my temple—and those people were not truly circumcised {\cf2\super [417]} —they did not give themselves completely to me. In this way you made my temple unclean. You broke our agreement and did terrible things, and then you gave me the offerings of bread, the fat, and the blood. But this only made my temple unclean.

Leviticus 17:11

Why? Because the life of the body is in the blood. I have given you rules for pouring that blood on the altar. [309] You must do this to make yourselves pure. [310] You must give that blood {to me} as payment for the life {that you took}.

Leviticus 19:26

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

Leviticus 26:17

I will be against you, so your enemies will defeat you. Those enemies hate you, and they will rule over you. You will run away even when no one is chasing you.

Leviticus 3:17

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

Amos 9:4

If they are captured\par and taken away by their enemies,\par I will command the sword,\par and it will kill them there.\par Yes, I will watch over them,\par but I will watch for ways\par to give them troubles,\par not for ways to do good things.”\par

Acts 15:20

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

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 15:23

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

Hebrews 10:29

So what do you think should be done to a person who shows his hate for the Son of God? Surely that person should have a much worse punishment. Yes, that person should have a worse punishment for not showing respect for the blood (Jesus’ death) that began the new agreement. {\cf2\super [137]} That blood once made that person holy. And that person should have a worse punishment for showing his hate against the Spirit {\cf2\super [138]} of God’s grace (kindness).

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!

1 Samuel 14:33

A person said to Saul, “Look! The men are sinning against the Lord. They’re eating meat that still has blood in it!”