Deuteronomy 12:23

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

Cross References (7)

  • Leviticus 17:11 (14)

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

  • Genesis 9:4 (11)

    But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it.

  • Leviticus 17:13–14 (7)

    And if any Israelite or foreigner living among them hunts down a wild animal or bird that may be eaten, he must drain it

  • Leviticus 3:16–17 (6)

    Then the priest is to burn the food on the altar as a food offering, a pleasing aroma. All the fat is the LORD’s.

  • Deuteronomy 12:16 (6)

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

  • Matthew 20:28 (0)

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

  • Revelation 5:9 (0)

    And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blo