Cross references
Deuteronomy 12:23
Only be sure not to eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.
Deuteronomy 12:23 has 7 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 5 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Leviticus 17:11 (14 votes) and Genesis 9:4 (11 votes). 10 other verses point back to it. It links with 6 other books, from Genesis 9 to Revelation 5.
Which verses does Deuteronomy 12:23 point to?
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- Leviticus 17:1114 votes
For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for your souls upon the altar; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.
- Genesis 9:411 votes
But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it.
- Leviticus 17:13–147 votes
And if any Israelite or foreigner living among them hunts down a wild animal or bird that may be eaten, he must drain its blood and cover it with dirt. For 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.’
- Leviticus 3:16–176 votes
Then the priest is to burn the food on the altar as a food offering, a pleasing aroma. All the fat is the LORD’s. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live: You must not eat any fat or any blood.”
- Deuteronomy 12:166 votes
but you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.
- Matthew 20:280 votes
just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”
- Revelation 5:90 votes
And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.
Which verses point to Deuteronomy 12:23?
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