Leviticus 17:13

“‘Whatever man there is of the children of Israel, or of the strangers who live as foreigners among them, who takes in hunting any animal or bird that may be eaten; he shall pour out its blood, and cover it with dust.

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WEBBE

“‘Whatever man there is of the children of Israel, or of the strangers who live as foreigners amongst them, who takes in hunting any animal or bird that may be eaten, he shall pour out its blood, and cover it with dust.

BSB

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.

KJV

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.

ASV

And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among them, who taketh in hunting any beast or bird that may be eaten; he shall pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust.

BBE

And any man of Israel, or any other living among them, who gets with his bow any beast or bird used for food, is to see that its blood is covered with earth.

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וְאִישׁ ve·'ish and a person H376 אִישׁ 'ish a person H376 מִבְּנֵי mi·be·nei from [the] people of H1121 יִשְׂרָאֵל yis·ra·'el Israel H3478 וּמִן־ u·min- and of H4480 הַגֵּר ha·ger the sojourner[s] H1616 הַגָּר ha·gar who sojourns H1481 בְּתוֹכָם be·to·kham in midst of them H8432 אֲשֶׁר 'a·sher who H834 יָצוּד ya·tzud he will hunt H6679 צֵיד tzeid hunted game of H6718 חַיָּה chai·yah an animal H2416 אוֹ־ 'ov- or H176 עוֹף of a bird H5775 אֲשֶׁר 'a·sher which H834 יֵאָכֵל ye·'a·khel it will be eaten H398 וְשָׁפַךְ ve·sha·fakh and he will pour out H8210 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 דָּמוֹ da·mo blood its H1818 וְכִסָּהוּ ve·khi·sa·hu and he will cover it H3680 בֶּעָפָר be·'a·far with (the) dust H6083

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 10–16

Here is a confirmation of the law against eating blood. They must eat no blood. But this law was ceremonial, and is now no longer in force; the coming of the substance does away the shadow. The blood of beasts is no longer the ransom, but Christ's blood only; therefore there is not now the reason for abstaining there then was. The blood is now allowed for the nourishment of our bodies; it is no longer appointed to make an atonement for the soul. Now the blood of Christ makes atonement really and effectually; to that, therefore, we must have regard, and not consider it as a common thing, or treat it with indifference.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.