If anyone eats blood, that person must be cut off from his people.’”
Parallel translations
- WEB Whoever it is who eats any blood, that soul shall be cut off from his people.’”
- KJV Whatsoever soul it be that eateth any manner of blood, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.
- NKJV Whoever eats any blood, that person shall be cut off from his people.’ ”
- NASB Any person who eats any blood, that person shall also be cut off from his people.’ ”
- NLT Anyone who consumes blood will be cut off from the community.”
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Quick answer
Anyone who eats any blood is to be cut off from the people. The prohibition carried a severe penalty.
Overview
Consuming blood violated its sacred purpose in atonement and was punished by separation from the covenant community. This solemnity highlights the holiness God attached to blood. It magnifies the significance of Christ's shed blood, by which sinners are reconciled to God.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- Heb 10:29How much more severely do you think one deserves to be punished who has trampled on the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and insulted the Spirit of grace?
- Lev 7:20–21But if anyone who is unclean eats meat from the peace offering that belongs to the LORD, that person must be cut off from his people.
- Lev 7:25If anyone eats the fat of an animal from which an offering made by fire may be presented to the LORD, the one who eats it must be cut off from his people.
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Every sacrifice, every priest, and every day of atonement points beyond itself to the one perfect offering and the great High Priest who, by his own blood, makes the unclean holy once for all.
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