Leviticus 7:26

New American Bible - revised edition

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

Cross References

Genesis 9:4

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

Exodus 22:30

You shall be a people sacred to me. Flesh torn to pieces in the field you shall not eat; you must throw it to the dogs.

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 19:26

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

Leviticus 3:17

This shall be a perpetual ordinance for your descendants wherever they may dwell. You shall not eat any fat or any blood.

Leviticus 7:25

If anyone eats the fat of an animal from which an oblation is made to the Lord, that person shall be cut off from the people.

Leviticus 7:27

Every person who eats any blood shall be cut off from the people. Portions from the Communion Sacrifice for Priests.

John 6:53

Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you.

Acts 15:20

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

Acts 15:29

namely, to abstain from meat sacrificed to idols, from blood, from meats of strangled animals, and from unlawful marriage. If you keep free of these, you will be doing what is right. Farewell.’” Delegates at Antioch.

Ephesians 1:7

In him we have redemption by his blood, the forgiveness of transgressions, in accord with the riches of his grace

Deuteronomy 12:16

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

Deuteronomy 12:23

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

Deuteronomy 15:23

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

1 Timothy 4:4

For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected when received with thanksgiving,