But I give you one command. You must not eat meat that still has its life (blood) in it.
1 Samuel 14:32 - Easy To Read Version They had taken sheep, cows, and calves from the Philistines. Now the people of Israel were so hungry they killed the animals on the ground and ate them. And the blood was still in the animals! Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground: and the people did eat them with the blood. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [When night came and the oath expired] the men flew upon the spoil. They took sheep, oxen, and calves, slew them on the ground, and ate them [raw] with the blood. American Standard Version (1901) and the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground; and the people did eat them with the blood. Common English Bible So the troops tore into the plunder, taking sheep, cattle, and calves. They slaughtered them right on the ground and devoured them with the blood still in them. Catholic Public Domain Version And turning to the spoils, they took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and they slew them on the ground. And the people ate with blood. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And falling upon the spoils, they took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground. And the people ate them with the blood. |
But I give you one command. You must not eat meat that still has its life (blood) in it.
“You must tell them that the Lord and Master says these things, ‘You eat meat with the blood still in it. You look to your idols {\cf2\super [271]} for help. You murder people. So why should I give you this land?
This rule will continue forever through all your generations. Wherever you live, you must never eat fat or blood.”
Instead, we should write a letter to them. We should tell them these things:
Don’t eat food that has been given to idols. {\cf2\super [320]} \par Don’t eat meat from animals that have been\par strangled (choked) or\par any meat that still has the blood in it.\par Don’t do any kind of sexual sin.\par
But you must not eat the blood. You must pour the blood on the ground like water.
But you didn’t listen to the Lord! Why? You wanted to keep those things, so you did what the Lord said is bad!”