Leviticus 17:14
New English Translation
14 for the life of all flesh is its blood.[a] So I have said to the Israelites: You must not eat the blood of any living thing[b] because the life of every living thing is its blood—all who eat it will be cut off.[c]
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- Leviticus 17:14 tn Heb “for the life/soul (נֶפֶשׁ, nefesh) of all flesh, its blood in its life/soul (נֶפֶשׁ) it is.” The LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate leave out “in its life/soul,” which would naturally yield “for the life of all flesh, its blood it is” (see J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 261, 263). The present translation is something of an oversimplification, but the meaning is basically the same in any case. Cf. NRSV “For the life of every creature—its blood is its life.”
- Leviticus 17:14 tn Heb “of all flesh” (also later in this verse). See the note on “every living thing” in v. 11.
- Leviticus 17:14 tn For remarks on the “cut off” penalty see the note on v. 4 above.
Leviticus 17:14
New International Version
14 because the life of every creature is its blood. That is why I have said to the Israelites, “You must not eat the blood of any creature, because the life of every creature is its blood; anyone who eats it must be cut off.”(A)
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