23 (A)Only be sure that you do not eat the blood, (B)for the blood is the life, and you shall not eat the life with the flesh.

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23 But be sure you do not eat the blood,(A) because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.(B)

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23 “Speak to the people of Israel, saying, (A)You shall eat no fat, of ox or sheep or goat. 24 The fat of an animal (B)that dies of itself and the fat of one that is torn by beasts may be put to any other use, but on no account shall you eat it. 25 For every person who eats of the fat of an animal of which a food offering may be made to the Lord shall be cut off from his people.

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23 “Say to the Israelites: ‘Do not eat any of the fat of cattle, sheep or goats.(A) 24 The fat of an animal found dead or torn by wild animals(B) may be used for any other purpose, but you must not eat it. 25 Anyone who eats the fat of an animal from which a food offering may be[a] presented to the Lord must be cut off from their people.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 7:25 Or offering is

Laws Against Eating Blood

10 “If any one of the house of Israel or of the strangers who sojourn among them (A)eats any blood, I will (B)set my face against that person who eats blood and will cut him off from among his people.

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10 “‘I will set my face against any Israelite or any foreigner residing among them who eats blood,(A) and I will cut them off from the people.

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