blood

Scripture references

• Genesis 9:4

  you must not eat flesh with life, that is to say blood, in it.

• Genesis 9:6

  He who sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed...

• Genesis 37:31

  They took Joseph's tunic and, slaughtering a goat, dipped the tunic in the blood.

• Exodus 4:9

  but should they not be convinced by either of these two signs and refuse to listen to what you say, you are to take some water from the River and pour it on the ground, and the water you have taken from the River will turn to blood on the dry land.'

• Exodus 4:25

  Then Zipporah, taking up a flint, cut off her son's foreskin and with it touched his feet and said, 'You are my blood-bridegroom!'

• Exodus 12:7

  Some of the blood must then be taken and put on both door-posts and the lintel of the houses where it is eaten.

• Exodus 12:13

  The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are. When I see the blood I shall pass over you, and you will escape the destructive plague when I strike Egypt.

• Exodus 12:22

  Then take a bunch of hyssop, dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and with the blood from the basin touch the lintel and both door-posts; then let none of you venture out of the house till morning.

• Exodus 23:18

  'You will not offer the blood of my victim with leavened bread, nor will the fat of my feast be kept till the following day.

• Exodus 24:8

  Moses then took the blood and sprinkled it over the people, saying, 'This is the blood of the covenant which Yahweh has made with you, entailing all these stipulations.'

• Exodus 29:20

  You will then slaughter the ram, take some of its blood and put it on the lobe of Aaron's right ear, on the lobes of his sons' right ears, the thumbs of their right hands, and the big toes of their right feet, and pour the rest of the blood against the altar, all round.

• Exodus 30:10

  Once a year, Aaron will perform the rite of expiation on the horns of the altar; once a year, on the Day of Expiation, with the blood of the sacrifice for sin, he will make expiation for himself, for all your generations to come. It is especially holy for Yahweh.'

• Exodus 34:25

  'You will not offer the blood of my sacrificial victim with leavened bread, nor is the victim offered at the feast of Passover to be left until the following day.