Genesis 9:4
Genesis · Old Testament · Chapter 9
“But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.”Genesis 9:4
What Does Genesis 9:4 Mean?
Genesis 9:4 is found in the book of Genesis, chapter 9, verse 4 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Genesis 9:4 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Leviticus 17:11“For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.”Deuteronomy 12:23“Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.”Leviticus 3:17“It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.”Deuteronomy 12:16“Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.”Deuteronomy 15:23“Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water.”Acts 15:20“But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.”Leviticus 7:26“Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings.”Leviticus 17:14“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.”Leviticus 17:10“And 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.”Acts 15:29“That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.”Leviticus 19:26“Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times.”1 Samuel 14:32“And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground: and the people did eat them with the blood.”Ezekiel 33:25“Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land?”1 Samuel 14:33“Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin against the LORD, in that they eat with the blood. And he said, Ye have transgressed: roll a great stone unto me this day.”1 Timothy 4:4“For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:”Exodus 26:33“And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy.”Joshua 22:23“That we have built us an altar to turn from following the LORD, or if to offer thereon burnt offering or meat offering, or if to offer peace offerings thereon, let the LORD himself require it;”2 Samuel 23:17“And he said, Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do this: is not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men.”Deuteronomy 14:21“Ye shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.”Acts 15:25“It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,”
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