Genesis 9:4
But flesh . . . the blood . . . shall ye not eat—The sole intention of this prohibition was to prevent these excesses of cannibal ferocity in eating flesh of living animals, to which men in the earlier ages of the world were liable.
2 aAnd the fear of you and the dread of you shall be on every beast of the earth, on every bird of the air, on all that move on the earth, and on all the fish of the sea. They are given into your hand.
3 aEvery moving thing that lives shall be food for you. I have given you ball things, even as the cgreen herbs.
4 aBut you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood.
5 Surely for your lifeblood I will demand a reckoning; afrom the hand of every beast I will require it, and bfrom the hand of man. From the hand of every cman’s brother I will require the life of man.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Genesis 9:4:
Genesis 9:1
Leviticus 17:10
Deuteronomy 12:16
Ezekiel 33:25
Zechariah 9:7
Luke 24:39-43
Acts 17:26-27
Hebrews 11:4
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