^17:13“ ‘Any man from the Israelites³³ or from the foreigners who reside³⁴ in their³⁵ midst who hunts a wild animal³⁶ or a bird that may be eaten³⁷ must pour out its blood and cover it with soil, ^17:14for the life of all flesh is its blood.³⁸ So I have said to the Israelites: You must not eat the blood of any living thing³⁹ because the life of every living thing is its blood—all who eat it will be cut off.⁴⁰

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Footnotes

33 A few medieval Hebrew , , and . have “from the house of Israel” as in vv. 3, 8, and 10, but the agrees with the .
34 Heb “from the sojourner who sojourns.”
35 The , , , and certain of have “your” (plural) rather than “their” (cf. v. 10 above).
36 Heb “[wild] game of animal.”
37 That is, it must be a clean animal, not an unclean animal (cf. Lev 11).
38 Heb “for the life/soul (נֶפֶשׁ, nefesh) of all flesh, its blood in its life/soul (נֶפֶשׁ) it is.” The , , and leave out “in its life/soul,” which would naturally yield “for the life of all flesh, its blood it is” (see J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [], , ). The present translation is something of an oversimplification, but the meaning is basically the same in any case. Cf. “For the life of every creature—its blood is its life.”
39 Heb “of all flesh” (also later in this verse). See the note on “every living thing” in v. .
40 For remarks on the “cut off” penalty see the note on v. above.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“Any one also of the people of Israel, or of the strangers who sojourn among them, who takes in hunting any beast or bird that may be eaten shall pour out its blood and cover it with earth. For the life of every creature is its blood: its blood is its life. Therefore I have said to the people of Israel, You shall not eat the blood of any creature, for the life of every creature is its blood. Whoever eats it shall be cut off.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“ ‘Any Israelite or any foreigner residing among you who hunts any animal or bird that may be eaten must drain out the blood and cover it with earth, because 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.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“Any Israelite or alien residing among them, who hunts down a wild animal or bird that may be eaten must drain its blood and cover it with dirt. Since the life of every creature is its blood, I have told the Israelites: You are not to eat the blood of any creature, because the life of every creature is its blood; whoever eats it must be cut off.

NLTNew Living Translation

“And if any native Israelite or foreigner living among you goes hunting and kills an animal or bird that is approved for eating, he must drain its blood and cover it with earth. The life of every creature is in its blood. That is why I have said to the people of Israel, ‘You must never eat or drink blood, for the life of any creature is in its blood.’ So whoever consumes blood will be cut off from the community.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“And if there is anyone from the Israelites or from the alien who is dwelling in their midst who hunts a wild game animal or a bird that may be eaten, then he shall pour out its blood, and he shall cover it with the soil. Indeed, the life of all flesh, its blood, is in its life, so I said to the Israelites, ‘You may not eat the blood of any flesh, because the life of all flesh is its blood; anyone who eats it must be cut off.’

KJV 1900King James Version

And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, which hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl that may be eaten; he shall even pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust. For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off.

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