And wherever you live, you must not eat the blood of any bird or animal. The blood prohibition extends beyond the three major offering animals to every bird and animal — the absolute prohibition on eating blood is universal. Leviticus 17:14 will ground this in the principle that the life of every creature is its blood: the blood that represents the life given to atonement cannot be eaten as food. Acts 15:20 includes abstaining from blood in the minimum requirements for Gentile believers — the universal blood prohibition of Leviticus 7:26 is among the most enduring of the Levitical regulations in the New Testament era.

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