Leviticus 17:14 meaning and explanation
For the life of all flesh is its blood. Therefore I have told the Israelites, ‘You must not eat the blood of any living thing, because the life of all flesh is its blood; whoever eats it must be cut off.’
Leviticus 17:14, Berean Standard Bible
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God is speaking to Moses for all Israel, native and foreigner alike, gathered around the tabernacle in the wilderness. Verse 14 restates the reason behind the ban on eating blood: blood carries the life of a creature, and life belongs to God, who gave blood on the altar to make atonement (verse 11).
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