Deuteronomy 12:16

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

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

Cross References

Genesis 9:4

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

Acts 15:29

Don’t eat food that has been given to idols. Don’t eat meat from animals that have been strangled or any meat that still has the blood in it. Don’t be involved in sexual sin. If you stay away from these, you will do well. We say goodbye now.

1 Timothy 4:4

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

Acts 15:20

Instead, we should send a letter telling them only the things they should not do: Don’t eat food that has been given to idols. This makes the food unclean. Don’t be involved in sexual sin. Don’t eat meat from animals that have been strangled or any meat that still has the blood in it.

Leviticus 19:26

“You must not eat any meat with blood still in it. “You must not try to use different kinds of magic to tell the future.

Deuteronomy 15:22

But you may eat the meat from that animal at home. Anyone may eat it—people who are clean and people who are unclean. The rules for eating this meat are the same as the rules for eating gazelles and deer.

1 Samuel 14:32

They had taken sheep, cattle, and calves from the Philistines. Now they were so hungry that they killed the animals on the ground and ate them. And the blood was still in the animals.

1 Samuel 14:33

Someone said to Saul, “Look, the men are sinning against the Lord. They’re eating meat that still has blood in it!” Saul said, “You have sinned. Roll a large stone over here now!”

Ezekiel 24:7

Jerusalem is like a pot with rust on it. This is because the blood from the murders is still there! She put the blood on the bare rock. She did not pour the blood on the ground and cover it with dirt.

Ezekiel 33:25

“You must tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You eat meat with the blood still in it. You look to your idols for help. You murder people, so why should I give you this land?

Leviticus 3:17

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