Deuteronomy 12:23

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

But be especially careful not to eat the blood, because the life is in the blood. You must not eat meat that still has its life in it.

Cross References

Leviticus 17:11

This is because the life of the body is in the blood. I have told you that you must pour the blood on the altar to purify yourselves. It is the blood that makes a person pure.

Genesis 9:4

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

Deuteronomy 12:16

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

Revelation 5:9

And they all sang a new song to the Lamb: “You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were killed, and with your blood sacrifice you bought people for God from every tribe, language, race of people, and nation.

Matthew 20:28

Do as I did: The Son of Man did not come for people to serve him. He came to serve others and to give his life to save many people.”

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 7:26

“No matter where you live, you must never eat blood from any bird or any animal.

Leviticus 17:10

“I will turn against those who eat blood whether they are citizens of Israel or foreigners living among you, I will separate them from their people.

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 12:22

You may eat this meat the same as you would eat gazelle or deer meat. Anyone can do this—people who are clean and people who are unclean.

Deuteronomy 12:24

Don’t eat the blood. Pour it out like water onto the ground.

Deuteronomy 15:23

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

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 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?