Translations
Modern
Only be sure not to eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.
Traditional
Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.
Literal
Only be sure that you do not eat the blood, for the blood is the life, and you may not eat the life with the flesh.
Latin
Hoc solum cave, ne sanguinem comedas: sanguis enim eorum pro anima est, et idcirco non debes animam comedere cum carnibus:
Original
Hebrew
English
Only be sure not to eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.
Notes
the blood is the life: This figure of speech equates the means (blood) with the effect (life). Since life is holy, blood, as the way life moves throughout a body, is also holy (see also Leviticus 17:11).
Theme notes and profiles
Glossary
Archaeology and the Bible Biblical Concept of Law Blood Cleanness and Uncleanness, Regulations Concerning Covenant Deuteronomy, Book of Dietary Laws Kings, Books of First and Second
Topics
Beasts: Not to be Eaten Alive or with Blood Blood is the Life Blood Transfusion Blood: Forbidden to be Used As Food Drinking Blood Sanitation: Food Vampires