4 But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it.
Genesis 9:4
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Deuteronomy 12:22–24
22 Indeed, you may eat it as you would eat a gazelle or deer; both the ceremonially unclean and the clean may eat it. 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. 24 You must not eat the blood; pour it…
Book of Jubilees 21:17–19
17 And let no blood appear upon you nor upon your clothes; be on thy guard, my son, against blood, be on thy guard exceedingly; cover it with dust. (JUB) 18 And do not eat any blood for it is the soul; eat no blood whatever. (JUB) 19 And take no gifts for the blood of man, lest it… (JUB)
Deuteronomy 15:22–23
22 Eat it within your gates; both the ceremonially unclean and clean may eat it as they would a gazelle or a deer. 23 But you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.
Deuteronomy 12:15–17
15 But whenever you want, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your gates, according to the blessing the LORD your God has given you. Both the ceremonially clean and unclean may eat it as they would a gazelle or deer, 16 but you must not eat the blood; pour… 17 …
Book of Jubilees 21:5–7
5 And do thou, my son, observe His commandments and His ordinances and His judgments, and walk not after the abominations and after the graven images and after the molten images. (JUB) 6 And eat no blood at all of animals or cattle, or of any bird which flies in the hea… (JUB)
Leviticus 7:25–27
25 If anyone eats the fat of an animal from which an offering made by fire may be presented to the LORD, the one who eats it must be cut off from his people. 26 You must not eat the blood of any bird or animal in any of your dwellings. 27 If anyone eats blood, that pers…
Leviticus 17:11–13
11 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; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul. 12 Therefore I say to the Israelites, ‘None of you may eat blood, nor may any foreigner l…
Book of Jubilees 7:31–33
31 And ye shall not be like him who eats with blood, but guard yourselves that none may eat blood before you: cover the blood, for thus have I been commanded to testify to you and your children, together with all flesh. (JUB) 32 And suffer not the soul to be eaten with th… (JUB)
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