1 Samuel 14:32

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1 Samuel 14:30–34 · Berean Standard Bible

30 How much better it would have been if the troops had eaten freely today from the plunder they took from their enemies! Would not the slaughter of the Philistines have been much greater?”

31 That day, after the Israelites had struck down the Philistines from Michmash to Aijalon, the people were very faint.

32 So they rushed greedily to the plunder, taking sheep, cattle, and calves. They slaughtered them on the ground and ate meat with the blood still in it.

33 Then someone reported to Saul: “Look, the troops are sinning against the LORD by eating meat with the blood still in it.” “You have broken faith,” said Saul. “Roll a large stone over here at once.”

34 Then he said, “Go among the troops and tell them, ‘Each man must bring me his ox or his sheep, slaughter them in this place, and then eat. Do not sin against the LORD by eating meat with the blood still in it.’” So that night everyone brought his ox and slaughtered it there.

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1 Samuel 15:19

So why did you not obey the LORD? Why did you rush upon the plunder and do evil in the sight of the LORD?”

Genesis 9:4

But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it.

Leviticus 3:17

This is a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live: You must not eat any fat or any blood.”

Leviticus 7:26

You must not eat the blood of any bird or animal in any of your dwellings.

Leviticus 7:27

If anyone eats blood, that person must be cut off from his people.’”

Leviticus 17:10

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.

Leviticus 17:11

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.

Leviticus 17:12

Therefore I say to the Israelites, ‘None of you may eat blood, nor may any foreigner living among you eat blood.’

Leviticus 17:13

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.

Leviticus 17:14

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.’

Leviticus 19:26

You must not eat anything with blood still in it. You must not practice divination or sorcery.

Deuteronomy 12:16

but you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.

Deuteronomy 12:23

Only be sure not to eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.

Deuteronomy 12:24

You must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.

Ezekiel 33:25

Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You eat meat with the blood in it, lift up your eyes to your idols, and shed blood. Should you then possess the land?

Acts 15:20

Instead, we should write and tell them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals, and from blood.

Acts 15:29

You must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things. Farewell.