And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.
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Gill's Exposition
And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel,.... That is by birth an Israelite, of every age, sex, or condition, as before:
or of the strangers that sojourn among you; proselytes of…
The prohibition to eat blood is repeated in seven places in the Pentateuch, but in this passage two distinct grounds are given for the prohibition: first, its own nature as the vital fluid; secondly,…
We have here, I. A repetition and confirmation of the law against eating blood. We have met with this prohibition twice before in the levitical law (Lev 3:17; Lev 7:26), besides the place it had in…
Cambridge Bible
The prohibition (cp. Lev 17:17) is found also in Lev 3:17; Lev 7:26; Lev 19:26; Deu 12:16; Deu 12:23-24; Deu 15:23. It is regarded as having been obligatory from the beginning (Gen 9:4). The word…
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