But I give you one command. You must not eat meat that still has its life (blood) in it.
Leviticus 17:14 - Easy To Read Version Why must you do this? Because, if blood is still in the meat, that animal’s life is still in the meat. So I give this command to the people of Israel: Don’t eat meat that still has blood in it! Any person who eats blood must be separated {from his people}. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the life thereof; therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition As for the life of all flesh, the blood of it represents the life of it; therefore I said to the Israelites, You shall partake of the blood of no kind of flesh, for the life of all flesh is its blood. Whoever eats of it shall be cut off. American Standard Version (1901) For as to the life of all flesh, the blood thereof is all one with the life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh; for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off. Common English Bible Again: for every creature’s life, its blood is its life. That is why I have told the Israelites: You must not consume any creature’s blood because every creature’s life is its blood. Anyone who consumes it will be cut off. Catholic Public Domain Version For the life of all flesh is in the blood. Therefore, I said to the sons of Israel: You shall not eat the blood of any flesh at all, because the life of the flesh is in the blood, and whoever has eaten it shall perish. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For the life of all flesh is in the blood. Therefore I said to the children of Israel: You shall not eat the blood of any flesh at all, because the life of the flesh is in the blood, and whosoever eateth it, shall be cut off. |
But I give you one command. You must not eat meat that still has its life (blood) in it.
If anyone makes a perfume like this holy oil, and if he gives it to a foreigner, then that person must be separated from his people.”
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:
But be sure not to eat the blood. Why? Because the life is in the blood. And you must not eat meat that still has life in it.