Deuteronomy 12:23

New American Bible - revised edition

But make sure that you do not eat of the blood; for blood is life; you shall not eat that life with the flesh.

Cross References

Genesis 9:4

Only meat with its lifeblood still in it you shall not eat.

Ezekiel 33:25

Therefore say to them: Thus says the Lord God: You eat on the mountains, you raise your eyes to your idols, you shed blood—yet you would keep possession of the land?

Leviticus 17:10

As for anyone, whether of the house of Israel or of the aliens residing among them, who consumes any blood, I will set myself against that individual and will cut that person off from among the people,

Leviticus 17:11

since the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement on the altar for yourselves, because it is the blood as life that makes atonement.

Leviticus 19:26

Do not eat anything with the blood still in it. Do not recite charms or practice soothsaying.

Leviticus 7:26

Wherever you dwell, you shall not eat any blood, whether of bird or of animal.

Matthew 20:28

Just so, the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.” The Healing of Two Blind Men.

Acts 15:20

but tell them by letter to avoid pollution from idols, unlawful marriage, the meat of strangled animals, and blood.

Deuteronomy 12:16

Only, you shall not eat of the blood, but must pour it out on the ground like water.

Deuteronomy 12:22

You may eat it as you would the gazelle or the deer: the unclean and the clean eating it together.

Deuteronomy 12:24

Do not eat of the blood, therefore, but pour it out on the ground like water.

Deuteronomy 15:23

Only, you must not eat of its blood; you shall pour it out on the ground like water.

Revelation 5:9

They sang a new hymn: “Worthy are you to receive the scroll and to break open its seals, for you were slain and with your blood you purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue, people and nation.

1 Samuel 14:32

So the army pounced upon the plunder and took sheep, oxen, and calves, slaughtering them on the ground and eating the meat with the blood in it.

1 Samuel 14:33

Informed that the army was sinning against the Lord by eating the meat with blood in it, Saul said: “You have broken faith. Roll a large stone here for me.”