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Leviticus 17:10 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 10. 10And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.
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Quick Meaning
This verse prohibits Israelites and resident outsiders from eating blood.
Read It With
- Leviticus 17:10-16
Start with 17:10-16 rather than Leviticus 17:10 alone. In that complete movement, this verse prohibits Israelites and resident outsiders from eating blood. The unit's controlling claim is: Eating blood brings exclusion because life is in the blood and altar atonement uses it; hunted blood is covered, and carrion contact requires washing and waiting.
Why This Verse Appears Here
This verse prohibits Israelites and resident outsiders from eating blood. Its place in Leviticus 17:10-16 matters because leviticus places this unit within the transition from annual blood rites to ordinary slaughter, sacrifice, hunting, carrion, and the claim that blood represents life assigned to the altar. Its particular contribution is: Eating blood brings exclusion because life is in the blood and altar atonement uses it; hunted blood is covered, and carrion contact requires washing and waiting.
What Remains True
Prohibits Israelites and resident outsiders from eating blood. Within Leviticus 17:10-16, this contributes to the larger claim that eating blood brings exclusion because life is in the blood and altar atonement uses it; hunted blood is covered, and carrion contact requires washing and waiting.
How It Can Shape Life
- When teaching Leviticus 17:10, keep the verse inside Leviticus 17:10-16. Hold this boundary: The life-blood theology does not prohibit medically indicated blood transfusion or make donors and recipients ritually guilty. Apply only the noncoercive truth the complete unit supports.
Continue in Context
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Read Leviticus 17:10-16 — Blood is reserved as life and carrion contact is purifiedSources used for this Verse Lens
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: Leviticus 17:10-16, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Leviticus
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, ritual and legal vocabulary, names, clause relationships, KJV language controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Lev.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 17:10-16
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: Leviticus with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
eBible.org distribution of the NET Bible, PDF generated 2025-12-31
Supports: Unit-bounded translator notes on Hebrew, syntax, ritual vocabulary, measures, textual questions, and older-English wording; silence is not treated as evidence.
Exact location: NET Bible Leviticus PDF, complete PDF pp. 1-99, translation and translator notes for 17:10-16
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