Leviticus 19:26

New English Translation

“‘You must not eat anything with the blood still in it. You must not practice either divination or soothsaying.

Cross References

Genesis 44:5

Doesn’t my master drink from this cup and use it for divination? You have done wrong!’”

Genesis 9:4

But you must not eat meat with its life (that is, its blood) in it.

2 Kings 17:17

They passed their sons and daughters through the fire, and practiced divination and omen reading. They committed themselves to doing evil in the sight of the Lord and made him angry.

2 Kings 21:6

He passed his son through the fire and practiced divination and omen reading. He set up a ritual pit to conjure up underworld spirits, and appointed magicians to supervise it. He did a great amount of evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger.

2 Chronicles 33:6

He passed his sons through the fire in the Valley of Ben-Hinnom and practiced divination, omen reading, and sorcery. He set up a ritual pit to conjure up underworld spirits and appointed magicians to supervise it. He did a great amount of evil in the sight of the Lord and angered him.

Exodus 7:11

Then Pharaoh also summoned wise men and sorcerers, and the magicians of Egypt by their secret arts did the same thing.

Exodus 8:7

The magicians did the same with their secret arts and brought up frogs on the land of Egypt too.

Jeremiah 10:2

The Lord says, “Do not start following pagan religious practices. Do not be in awe of signs that occur in the sky even though the nations hold them in awe.

Daniel 2:10

The wise men replied to the king, “There is no man on earth who is able to disclose the king’s secret, for no king, regardless of his position and power, has ever requested such a thing from any magician, astrologer, or wise man.

Leviticus 19:25

Then in the fifth year you may eat its fruit to add its produce to your harvest. I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 3:17

This is a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all the places where you live: You must never eat any fat or any blood.’”

Leviticus 7:26

And you must not eat any blood of the birds or the domesticated land animals in any of the places where you live.

Malachi 3:5

“I will come to you in judgment. I will be quick to testify against those who practice divination, those who commit adultery, those who break promises, and those who exploit workers, widows, and orphans, who refuse to help the immigrant and in this way show they do not fear me,” says the Lord who rules over all.

Acts 15:20

but that we should write them a letter telling them to abstain from things defiled by idols and from sexual immorality and from what has been strangled and from blood.

Deuteronomy 12:16

However, you must not eat blood – pour it out on the ground like water.

Deuteronomy 12:23

However, by no means eat the blood, for the blood is life itself – you must not eat the life with the meat!

Deuteronomy 15:23

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

1 Samuel 14:32

So the army rushed greedily on the plunder, confiscating sheep, cattle, and calves. They slaughtered them right on the ground, and the army ate them blood and all.

1 Samuel 14:33

Now it was reported to Saul, “Look, the army is sinning against the Lord by eating even the blood.” He said, “All of you have broken the covenant! Roll a large stone over here to me.”

1 Samuel 15:23

For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and presumption is like the evil of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, he has rejected you as king.”