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Genesis 9:4

But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it.

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Genesis 9:4 has 13 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 9 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Deuteronomy 12:23 (16 votes) and Deuteronomy 12:16 (13 votes). 15 other verses point back to it. It links with 10 other books, from Genesis 1 to Hebrews 1.

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Which verses does Genesis 9:4 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Deuteronomy 12:2316 votes

    Only be sure not to eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.

  2. Deuteronomy 12:1613 votes

    but you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.

  3. Deuteronomy 15:2313 votes

    But you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.

  4. Acts 15:2010 votes

    Instead, we should write and tell them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals, and from blood.

  5. Leviticus 7:269 votes

    You must not eat the blood of any bird or animal in any of your dwellings.

  6. Leviticus 17:10–148 votes

    If anyone from the house of Israel or a foreigner living among them eats any blood, I will set My face against that person and cut him off from among his people. 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. …

  7. Acts 15:298 votes

    You must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things. Farewell.

  8. Leviticus 3:177 votes

    This is a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live: You must not eat any fat or any blood.”

  9. Leviticus 19:265 votes

    You must not eat anything with blood still in it. You must not practice divination or sorcery.

  10. 1 Samuel 14:33–343 votes

    Then someone reported to Saul: “Look, the troops are sinning against the LORD by eating meat with the blood still in it.” “You have broken faith,” said Saul. “Roll a large stone over here at once.” Then he said, “Go among the troops and tell them, ‘Each man must bring me his ox or his sheep, slaughter them in this place, and then eat. Do not sin against the LORD by eating meat with the blood still in it.’” So that night everyone brought his ox and slaughtered it there.

  11. 1 Timothy 4:43 votes

    For every creation of God is good, and nothing that is received with thanksgiving should be rejected,

  12. Deuteronomy 14:210 votes
  13. Acts 15:250 votes

Which verses point to Genesis 9:4?

The 10 strongest of 15.