4But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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.
Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.
Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water.
But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.
Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-7)In general, God blessed Noah and his sons (Gen. 9:1), that is, he assured them of his good-will to them and his gracious intentions concerning them. This follows from what he said in his heart. Note, All God’s promises of good flow from his purposes of love and the counsels of his own will. See Eph. 1:11 ; 3:11 . and compare Jer. 29:11. I know the thoughts that I think towards you . We read (Gen.…
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