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.

Genesis 9:4-6 “But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it. And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting.

But you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood. And for your lifeblood I will require a reckoning: from every beast I will require it.

“Whoever sheds human blood, by humans shall their blood be shed; for in the image of God has God made mankind.

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.

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 ...

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.

Genesis 9:4–6 · 6“Whoever sheds the blood of man, · by man shall his blood be shed, · for God made man in his own image.

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 ...

This essay will explore the injunctions of God in Genesis 9:4-6 concerning the shedding of the blood of humans and animals. The traditional views of the ...