1 Samuel 14:32

New Century Version

They had taken sheep, cattle, and calves from the Philistines. Now they were so hungry they killed the animals on the ground and ate them, without draining the blood from them!

Cross References

Genesis 9:4

But you must not eat meat that still has blood in it, because blood gives life.

Ezekiel 33:25

So say to them: ‘This is what the Lord God says: You eat meat with the blood still in it, you ask your idols for help, and you murder people. Should you then have the land as your very own?

Leviticus 19:26

“ ‘You must not eat anything with the blood in it. “ ‘You must not try to tell the future by signs or black magic.

Leviticus 3:17

“ ‘This law will continue for people from now on, wherever you live: You must not eat any fat or blood.’ ”

Acts 15:20

Instead, we should write a letter to them telling them these things: Stay away from food that has been offered to idols (which makes it unclean), any kind of sexual sin, eating animals that have been strangled, and blood.

Acts 15:29

Stay away from any food that has been offered to idols, eating any animals that have been strangled, and blood, and any kind of sexual sin. If you stay away from these things, you will do well. Good-bye.

Deuteronomy 12:16

but do not eat the blood. Pour it out on the ground like water.

1 Samuel 15:19

Why didn’t you obey the Lord? Why did you take the best things? Why did you do what the Lord said was wrong?”