But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it. And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting. I will demand an accounting.

Only you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood. Surely I will require your lifeblood; from every beast I will require it.

While God does allow man the ability to eat animal flesh, He includes a restriction: Humans are not to eat the blood of these animals along with their flesh.

And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother ...

4 “But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it. 5 And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting.

4 “But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it. 5 And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting.

But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat. And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast ...

These are the groupings of Noah's descendants, according to their origins, by their nations; and from these the nations branched out over the earth after the ...

Genesis 9:4 Commentaries: "Only you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood. But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ...

Genesis 9:4 In-Context 4 “But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it. 5 And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting.