SEV Biblia, Chapter 17:14
Porque el alma de toda carne, su vida, está en su sangre; por tanto he dicho a los hijos de Israel: No comeréis la sangre de ninguna carne, porque el alma (o la vida ) de toda carne es su sangre; cualquiera que la comiere será cortado.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Leviticus 17:14
Verse 14. Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh] Independently of the moral reasons given above, we may add, 1. That blood, being highly alkalescent, especially in hot climates, is subject to speedy putrefaction. 2. That it affords a gross nutriment, being very difficult of digestion, so much so that bull's blood was used in ancient times as poison, "Its extreme viscidity rendering it totally indigestible by the powers of the human stomach." 3. It is allowed that when blood was used in this country in great quantities, the scurvy was more frequent than at other times. 4. It appears from history that those nations who lived most on it were very fierce, savage, and barbarous, such as the Scythians, Tartars, Arabs of the desert, the Scandinavians, &c., &c., some of whom drank the blood of their enemies, making cups of their sculls!
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 14. For [it is] the life of all flesh , etc.] Of every animal: the blood of it [is] for the life thereof ; for the production, preservation, and continuance of life; that on which life depends, as Jarchi observes: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh ; of beasts or birds, whose flesh was fit for food; but their blood was not to be eaten, for the reasons before given: for the life of all flesh [is] the blood thereof ; which is repeated, that it might be observed and taken notice of, as that in which the force of the reason lay for giving this law: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off ; by death, whether he be an Israelite or a proselyte of righteousness; wherefore if this law was now in force, its penalty also would be continued, whereas it is not, and which shows the abrogation of it. Also (see Gill on “ Leviticus 17:4”).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 10-16 - Here is a confirmation of the law against eating blood. They must ea no blood. But this law was ceremonial, and is now no longer in force the coming of the substance does away the shadow. The blood of beast is no longer the ransom, but Christ's blood only; therefore there is not now the reason for abstaining there then was. The blood is no allowed for the nourishment of our bodies; it is no longer appointed to make an atonement for the soul. Now the blood of Christ makes atonemen really and effectually; to that, therefore, we must have regard, an not consider it as a common thing, or treat it with indifference __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
כי 3588 נפשׁ 5315 כל 3605 בשׂר 1320 דמו 1818 בנפשׁו 5315 הוא 1931 ואמר 559 לבני 1121 ישׂראל 3478 דם 1818 כל 3605 בשׂר 1320 לא 3808 תאכלו 398 כי 3588 נפשׁ 5315 כל 3605 בשׂר 1320 דמו 1818 הוא 1931 כל 3605 אכליו 398 יכרת׃ 3772
