Leviticus 17:12 “Therefore I say to the Israelites, ‘None of you may eat blood, nor may…”

Leviticus 17:12

Therefore I say to the Israelites, ‘None of you may eat blood, nor may any foreigner living among you eat blood.’

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood.

World English Bible

Therefore I have said to the children of Israel, “No person among you may eat blood, nor may any stranger who lives as a foreigner among you eat blood.”

American Standard Version

Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood.

Geneva Bible 1599

Therefore I saide vnto ye children of Israel, None of you shall eate blood: neither the stranger that soiourneth among you, shall eate blood.

Darby Translation

Therefore have I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall the stranger who sojourneth among you eat blood.

Young's Literal Translation

'Therefore I have said to the sons of Israel, No person among you doth eat blood, and the sojourner who is sojourning in your midst doth not eat blood;

Bible in Basic English

For this reason I have said to the children of Israel, No man among you, or any others living with you, may take blood as food.

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In context

11For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for your souls upon the altar; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.

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.

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