Leviticus 17:12
10 If anyone from the house of Israel or a foreigner living among them eats any blood, I will set My face against that person and cut him off from among his people.
11 For 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.
Therefore I say to the Israelites, ‘None of you may eat blood, nor may any foreigner living among you eat blood.’
13 And 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.
14 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.’
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Therefore I say to the Israelites, ‘None of you may eat blood, nor may any foreigner living among you eat blood.’
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- 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.”
- ASV
- 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.
- DARBY
- 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.
- BLB
- Upon thus I said to the sons of Israel, ‘Not any soul among you⁺ shall eat blood, and the sojourner who is sojourning in your⁺ midst shall not eat blood.’
- ÅB
- Derfor har jeg sagt til Israels barn: Ingen av dere skal spise blod, og den fremmede som bor iblant dere, skal heller ikke spise blod.
- OTB
- Derfor sier jeg til israelittene: "Ingen av dere må konsumere blod, og ingen fremmed som bor blant dere må konsumere blod."
- B1930
- Derfor har jeg sagt til Israels barn: Ingen av eder skal ete blod, og den fremmede som bor iblandt eder, skal heller ikke ete blod.