Translations
Modern
Therefore I say to the Israelites, ‘None of you may eat blood, nor may any foreigner living among you eat blood.’
Traditional
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.
Literal
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.’
Latin
Idcirco dixi filiis Israël: Omnis anima ex vobis non comedet sanguinem, nec ex advenis qui peregrinantur apud vos.
Original
Hebrew
English
Therefore I say to the Israelites, ‘None of you may eat blood, nor may any foreigner living among you eat blood.’
Notes
Theme notes and profiles
People
Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes
Glossary
Biblical Concept of Law Deuteronomy, Book of Dietary Laws Foreigner History of Israel Leviticus, Book of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego
Topics
Blood: Eating of, Forbidden to The Israelites Under the Law Blood: Forbidden to be Used As Food Sanitation: Food Strangers in Israel: Laws Respecting: Not to Eat Blood