Leviticus 17:13

WEB

¹³“‘Whatever man there is of the children of Israel, or of the strangers who live as foreigners among them, who takes in hunting any animal or bird that may be eaten, he shall pour out its blood, and cover it with dust.

KJV

¹³And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, which hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl that may be eaten; he shall even pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust.

BSB

¹³And if any Israelite or foreigner living among them hunts down a wild animal or bird that may be eaten, he must drain its blood and cover it with dirt.

FBV

¹³Any Israelite or foreigner living among them who hunts and kills a wild animal or a bird which are allowed be eaten must drain the blood from its body and cover it with earth,

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Extra References

Deuteronomy 12:16

¹⁶Only you shall not eat the blood. You shall pour it out on the earth like water.

Leviticus 7:26

²⁶You shall not eat any blood, whether it is of bird or of animal, in any of your dwellings.

Deuteronomy 15:23

²³Only you shall not eat its blood. You shall pour it out on the ground like water.

Ezekiel 24:7

⁷“‘“For the blood she shed is in the middle of her. She set it on the bare rock. She didn’t pour it on the ground, to cover it with dust.

Deuteronomy 12:24

²⁴You shall not eat it. You shall pour it out on the earth like water.

1 Samuel 14:32-34

³²and the people pounced on the plunder, and took sheep, cattle, and calves, and killed them on the ground; and the people ate them with the blood. ³³Then they told Saul, saying, “Behold, the people are sinning against the LORD, in that they eat meat with the blood.” He said, “You have dealt treacherously. Roll a large stone to me today!”

³⁴Saul said, “Disperse yourselves among the people, and tell them, ‘Every man bring me here his ox, and every man his sheep, and kill them here, and eat; and don’t sin against the LORD in eating meat with the blood.’” All the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and killed them there.

Job 16:18

¹⁸“Earth, don’t cover my blood. Let my cry have no place to rest.