The same rules are for everyone. It does not matter if a person is a citizen or a non-Israelite living in your country—the same rules are for everyone.”
Leviticus 17:12 - Easy To Read Version So I tell the people of Israel: None of you people may eat blood. And no foreigner living among you may eat blood. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Therefore I have said to the Israelites, No person among you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger who dwells temporarily among you eat blood. American Standard Version (1901) Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood. Common English Bible That is why I have told the Israelites: No one among you can consume blood, nor can the immigrant who lives with you consume blood. Catholic Public Domain Version For this reason, I have said to the sons of Israel: No soul among you shall eat blood, nor among the newcomers who sojourn with you. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Therefore I have said to the children of Israel: No soul of you, nor of the strangers that sojourn among you, shall eat blood. |
The same rules are for everyone. It does not matter if a person is a citizen or a non-Israelite living in your country—the same rules are for everyone.”
“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?
Why? Because the life of the body is in the blood. I have given you rules for pouring that blood on the altar. [309] You must do this to make yourselves pure. [310] You must give that blood {to me} as payment for the life {that you took}.
“If any person catches a wild animal or a bird that can be eaten, then that person must pour the blood on the ground and cover it with dirt. It does not matter if that person is a citizen of Israel or a foreigner living among you!
This rule will continue forever through all your generations. Wherever you live, you must never eat fat or blood.”