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.
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Genesis 9:4
But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it.

Leviticus 3:16, 17
Then the priest will burn the food on the altar as an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma. All the fat is the LORD's. . . .

Leviticus 17:11, 14
For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make an atonement for your souls upon the altar, since it is the lifeblood that makes atonement. . . .

Matthew 20:28
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
And they sang a new song: "Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"Only be sure not to eat the blood, for the blood is the life, and you shall not eat the life with the flesh.

King James Bible
Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But don't eat the blood, since the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.

International Standard Version
Only be sure to refrain from eating blood, because blood is the source of life and you must not consume blood with the meat.

NET Bible
However, by no means eat the blood, for the blood is life itself--you must not eat the life with the meat!
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