The life of every living thing is in the blood, and that is why the LORD has commanded that all blood be poured out on the altar to take away the people's sins. Blood, which is life, takes away sins.

No Israelite may eat any fat or any blood; this is a rule to be kept forever by all Israelites wherever they live.

No matter where the Israelites live, they must never use the blood of birds or animals for food.

Anyone who breaks this law will no longer be considered one of God's people.

"Do not eat any meat with blood still in it. Do not practice any kind of magic.

The one thing you must not eat is meat with blood still in it; I forbid this because the life is in the blood.

But you must not eat their blood; you must pour it out on the ground like water.

Only do not eat meat with blood still in it, for the life is in the blood, and you must not eat the life with the meat.

But do not use their blood for food; instead, you must pour it out on the ground like water.

Saul was told, "Look, the people are sinning against the LORD by eating meat with the blood in it." "You are traitors!" Saul cried out. "Roll a big stone over here to me."

"Tell them what I, the Sovereign LORD, am saying: You eat meat with the blood still in it. You worship idols. You commit murder. What makes you think that the land belongs to you?

They have profaned my Temple by letting uncircumcised foreigners, people who do not obey me, enter the Temple when the fat and the blood of the sacrifices are being offered to me. So my people have broken my covenant by all the disgusting things they have done.

Instead, we should write a letter telling them not to eat any food that is ritually unclean because it has been offered to idols; to keep themselves from sexual immorality; and not to eat any animal that has been strangled, or any blood.

eat no food that has been offered to idols; eat no blood; eat no animal that has been strangled; and keep yourselves from sexual immorality. You will do well if you take care not to do these things. With our best wishes."

What, then, of those who despise the Son of God? who treat as a cheap thing the blood of God's covenant which purified them from sin? who insult the Spirit of grace? Just think how much worse is the punishment they will deserve!

If any of you give one of your children to Molech and make my sacred Tent unclean and disgrace my holy name, I will turn against you and will no longer consider you my people.

I myself will turn against you and your whole family and against all who join you in being unfaithful to me and worshiping Molech. I will no longer consider any of you my people.

I will turn against you, so that you will be defeated, and those who hate you will rule over you; you will be so terrified that you will run when no one is chasing you.

but he opposes those who do evil, so that when they die, they are soon forgotten.

I have made up my mind not to spare this city, but to destroy it. It will be given over to the king of Babylonia, and he will burn it to the ground. I, the LORD, have spoken."

"So then, I, the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, will turn against you and destroy all Judah.

I will oppose you. I will make an example of you. I will remove you from the community of my people, so that all of you will know that I am the LORD.

and will punish them. They have escaped one fire, but now fire will burn them up. When I punish them, you will know that I am the LORD.