Leviticus 7:26-27
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26 (A)Wherever you dwell, you shall not eat any blood, whether of bird or of animal. 27 Every person who eats any blood shall be cut off from the people.
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Leviticus 17:4
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4 without first bringing it to the entrance of the tent of meeting to present it as an offering to the Lord in front of the Lord’s tabernacle, shall be judged guilty of bloodshed[a](A)—that individual has shed blood, and shall be cut off(B) from the people.
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- 17:4 Guilty of bloodshed: human beings and animals can incur blood guilt for killing human beings (cf. Gn 9:5–6); human beings can incur blood guilt for killing animals (see note on Lv 24:17–22).
Deuteronomy 12:16
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16 [a]Only, you shall not eat of the blood, but must pour it out on the ground like water.(A)
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Deuteronomy 12:23
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23 (A)But make sure that you do not eat of the blood; for blood is life; you shall not eat that life with the flesh.
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1 Samuel 14:33
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33 Informed that the army was sinning against the Lord by eating the meat with blood in it, Saul said: “You have broken faith. Roll a large stone here for me.”
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Acts 15:20
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20 but tell them by letter to avoid pollution from idols, unlawful marriage, the meat of strangled animals, and blood.(A)
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