Leviticus 17:14

12 Therefore I said to the children of Israel, ‘No one among you shall eat blood, nor shall any stranger who dwells among you eat blood.’

13 “Whatever man of the children of Israel, or of the strangers who dwell among you, who ^ahunts and catches any animal or bird that may be eaten, he shall ^bpour out its blood and ^ccover it with dust;

14 ^afor it is the life of all flesh. Its blood sustains its life. Therefore I said to the children of Israel, ‘You shall not eat the blood of any flesh, for the life of all flesh is its blood. Whoever eats it shall be cut off.’

15 ^a“And every person who eats what died naturally or what was torn by beasts, whether he is a native of your own country or a stranger, ^bhe shall both wash his clothes and ^cbathe in water, and be unclean until evening. Then he shall be clean.

16 But if he does not wash them or bathe his body, then ^ahe shall bear his guilt.”

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Repeatedly, we see that no one was to drink blood or eat meat with the blood, and the command comes with a stern warning that it was a capital crime. God reiterates that the life of the flesh is in the blood, and He makes it available to us to make atonement for us.

Verse 13 even contains instructions about how hunters are to treat the blood of their prey. Even when hunting or catching an animal in the wild, an individual is to take great care in handling blood. God covers every base in His instructions.

Ronny H. Graham
The Covenant of Blood (Part One)

Other Forerunner Commentary entries containing Leviticus 17:14:

Leviticus 2:1
Romans 14:14
1 Corinthians 11:25-29

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