14because the life of every creature is its blood. That is why I have said to the Israelites, “You must not eat the blood of any creature, because the life of every creature is its blood; anyone who eats it must be cut off.”
14“For as for the17:14 Lit soullife of all flesh, its blood is identified with its 17:14 Lit soullife. Therefore I said to the sons of Israel, ‘You are not to eat the blood of any flesh, for the 17:14 Lit soullife of all flesh is its blood; whoever eats it shall be cut off.’
14“For as for the life of all flesh, its blood is identified with its life. Therefore I said to the sons of Israel, ‘You are not to eat the blood of any flesh, for the life of all flesh is its blood; whoever eats it shall be cut off.’
14“For in regard to the life of all flesh, its blood is [the same] as its life; therefore I said to the Israelites, ‘You are not to eat the blood of any flesh, for the 17:14 Lit soul.life of all flesh is its blood. Whoever eats it shall be cut off [excluding him from the atonement made for them].’
14For 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.’
14That is because every creature’s life is its blood. And that is why I have said to the Israelites, “You must not eat any creature’s meat that still has blood in it. Every creature’s life is its blood. Anyone who eats that kind of meat must be separated from the community of Israel.”