Leviticus 7:26

New International Version

And wherever you live, you must not eat the blood of any bird or animal.

Cross References

Genesis 9:4

“But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it.

Exodus 22:30

Do the same with your cattle and your sheep. Let them stay with their mothers for seven days, but give them to me on the eighth day.

Ezekiel 33:25

Therefore say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Since you eat meat with the blood still in it and look to your idols and shed blood, should you then possess the land?

Leviticus 19:26

“ ‘Do not eat any meat with the blood still in it. “ ‘Do not practice divination or seek omens.

Leviticus 3:17

“ ‘This is a lasting ordinance for the generations to come, wherever you live: You must not eat any fat or any blood.’ ”

Leviticus 7:25

Anyone who eats the fat of an animal from which a food offering may be presented to the Lord must be cut off from their people.

Leviticus 7:27

Anyone who eats blood must be cut off from their people.’ ”

John 6:53

Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.

Acts 15:20

Instead we should write to them, telling them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals and from blood.

Acts 15:29

You are to abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things. Farewell.

Ephesians 1:7

In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace

Deuteronomy 12:16

But you must not eat the blood; pour it out on the ground like water.

Deuteronomy 12:23

But be sure you do not eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.

Deuteronomy 15:23

But you must not eat the blood; pour it out on the ground like water.

1 Timothy 4:4

For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving,