and he said,"Be it farfrom me beforemy Godthat I should dothis.Shall I drinkthe bloodof thesemen[who went] at the risk of their lives?For at the risk of their livesthey broughtit." Therefore he wouldnot drinkit. Thesethingsthe threemightymendid.
"Onlyyou shall not eatfleshwith its life,[that is], its blood.
and he said,"Be it farfrom me, O LORD,that I should dothis.[Shall I drink] the bloodof the menwho wentin [jeopardy] of their lives?"Therefore he wouldnot drinkit. Thesethingsthe threemightymendid.
But Nabothsaidto Ahab,"The LORDforbidme that I should giveyou the inheritanceof my fathers."
So the threebrokethroughthe campof the Philistinesand drewwaterfrom the wellof Bethlehemwhich[was] by the gate,and took[it] and brought[it] to David;nevertheless Davidwouldnot drinkit, but pouredit out to the LORD;
As for Abshaithe brotherof Joab,he was chiefof the thirty,and he swunghis spearagainstthreehundredand killedthem; and he had a nameas well as the thirty.
"Have the menof my tentnot said,'Whocan findone who has not been satisfiedwith his meat'?
He will rescuetheir lifefrom oppressionand violence,And their bloodwill be preciousin his sight;
And anymanfrom the houseof Israel,or from the alienswho sojournamongthem, whoeatsanyblood,I will setMy faceagainst that personwho eatsbloodand will cuthim offfrom amonghis people.
And He saidto them, "Thisis My bloodof the covenant,whichis pouredout for many.
"For My fleshis true food,and My bloodis true drink.
whofor my liferiskedtheir ownnecks,to whomnot onlydo I give thanks,but alsoallthe churchesof the Gentiles;
Whyare we alsoin dangereveryhour?
"Zebulun[was] a peoplewho despisedtheir lives[even] to death,And Naphtalialso, on the highplacesof the field.
for my fatherfoughtfor you and riskedhis lifeand deliveredyou from the handof Midian;
"For he tookhis lifein his handand struckthe Philistine,and the LORDbroughtabouta greatdeliverancefor allIsrael;you saw[it] and rejoiced.Whythen will you sinagainst innocentbloodby puttingDavidto deathwithouta cause?"
