“‘Whatever man there is of the children of Israel, or of the strangers who live as foreigners among them, who takes in hunting any animal or bird that may be eaten; he shall pour out its blood, and cover it with dust. For as to the life of all flesh, its blood is with its life: therefore I said to the children of Israel, “You shall not eat the blood of any kind of flesh; for the life of all flesh is its blood. Whoever eats it shall be cut off.” “‘Every […]
⛓ Read Leviticus 17 forward — the whole chapter and its afterlife →Where this passage surfaces again, sorted by the strength of the link. Each kind of reuse — formal quotation, deliberate allusion, faint echo, figural pattern — carries its own mark. Follow any reference to read it in place.
Allusion2
A deliberate verbal borrowing without a citation formula.
'What is strangled' (v.20) reflects the requirement to drain the blood of any animal caught/killed — flesh with blood in it (a strangled animal) is forbidden, again binding on the sojourner. The 'strangled'/blood pairing in the decree mirrors this law.
High confidence'Things strangled' (v.29) reflects the requirement to drain blood from killed animals; flesh retaining blood is forbidden to Israelite and stranger alike.
High confidence