Do not eat meat torn off a living creature
Commandment 191ProhibitionParashat Re'ehForbidden Foods
Scripture
"Only be sure not to eat the blood, for the blood is the life, and you shall not eat the life with the flesh.
Hebrew
כג רַק חֲזַק, לְבִלְתִּי אֲכֹל הַדָּם, כִּי הַדָּם, הוּא הַנָּפֶשׁ; וְלֹא-תֹאכַל הַנֶּפֶשׁ, עִם-הַבָּשָׂר.
Greek
23 πρόσεχε ἰσχυρῶς τοῦ μὴ φαγεῖν αἷμα, ὅτι τὸ αἷμα αὐτοῦ ψυχή· οὐ βρωθήσεται ἡ ψυχὴ μετὰ τῶν κρεῶν,
Classification
- Parashah: Re'eh
- Sefer HaChinuch: 452
- Mishneh Torah: Holiness — Forbidden Foods
Stated in
Enumeration and classification from BibleData. The Greek is the Septuagint reading of the same verse, carried by the source for comparison.