Deuteronomy 12:23

New King James Version

Only be sure that you do not eat the blood, for the blood is the life; you may not eat the life with the meat.

Cross References

Leviticus 17:11

For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.’

Genesis 9:4

But you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood.

Deuteronomy 12:16

Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it on the earth like water.

Revelation 5:9

And they sang a new song, saying: “You are worthy to take the scroll, And to open its seals; For You were slain, And have redeemed us to God by Your blood Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,

Matthew 20:28

just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”

Acts 15:20

but that we write to them to abstain from things polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from things strangled, and from blood.

Leviticus 7:26

Moreover you shall not eat any blood in any of your dwellings, whether of bird or beast.

Leviticus 17:10

‘And whatever man of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who dwell among you, who eats any blood, I will set My face against that person who eats blood, and will cut him off from among his people.

Leviticus 19:26

‘You shall not eat anything with the blood, nor shall you practice divination or soothsaying.

Deuteronomy 12:22

Just as the gazelle and the deer are eaten, so you may eat them; the unclean and the clean alike may eat them.

Deuteronomy 12:24

You shall not eat it; you shall pour it on the earth like water.

Deuteronomy 15:23

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

1 Samuel 14:32

And the people rushed on the spoil, and took sheep, oxen, and calves, and slaughtered them on the ground; and the people ate them with the blood.

1 Samuel 14:33

Then they told Saul, saying, “Look, the people are sinning against the Lord by eating with the blood!” So he said, “You have dealt treacherously; roll a large stone to me this day.”

Ezekiel 33:25

“Therefore say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “You eat meat with blood, you lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood. Should you then possess the land?