What does Genesis Chapter 9 verse 4 mean?

[Misguidedyouth]

" But flesh with the life thereof, [which is] the blood thereof, shall ye not eat. "

Genesis 9:4

King James Bible Online

What does that mean? Does that mean people can’t eat meat? I don’t get it, if this means we can’t eat meat, what about

" Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things. "

Genesis 9:3

King James Bible Online

I decided I need to read the Bible, and there are parts that confuse me.

 

[PJM]

=Misguidedyouth;7852287]" But flesh with the life thereof, [which is] the blood thereof, shall ye not eat. "

Genesis 9:4

King James Bible Online

What does that mean? Does that mean people can’t eat meat? I don’t get it, if this means we can’t eat meat, what about

" Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things. "

Genesis 9:3

King James Bible Online

Going on GETTING OLD memory here

In the story of Creation God did limit what hamanity was to eat to Vegtables. WHY? Only God Knows.

Gen. 1: 27- 30 "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. And God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.” And God said,*** “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit; you shall have them for food. And to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so. ***

We see this continued with Noah and his family after he destruction of the WORLD: Gen.9
1-5 " And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth. The fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every bird of the air, upon everything that creeps on the ground and all the fish of the sea; into your hand they are delivered. Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you; and as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything. Only you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood. [5] For

We see meat being eaten by the jews in captivity in Egypt:
Exod.12: [8 "They shall eat the flesh that night, roasted; with unleavened bread and bitter herbs they shall eat it. 46 In one house shall it be eaten; you shall not carry forth any of the flesh outside the house; and you shall not break a bone of it.

Num.11:[4, 13, 18, 21, 33 "Now the rabble that was among them had a strong craving; and the people of Israel also wept again, and said, "O that we had meat to eat! Where am I to get meat to give to all this people? For they weep before me and say, Give us meat, that we may eat.' And say to the people, Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, and you shall eat meat; for you have wept in the hearing of the LORD, saying, “Who will give us meat to eat? For it was well with us in Egypt.” Therefore the LORD will give you meat, and you shall eat. But Moses said, “The people among whom I am number six hundred thousand on foot; and thou hast said, `I will give them meat, that they may eat a whole month!’ While the meat was yet between their teeth, before it was consumed, the anger of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD smote the people with a very great plague.”

I decided I need to read the Bible, and there are parts that confuse me.

I KNOW it was aftr the Exile of Adam and Eve from the Garden but can’t recall the presise timing:blush:

God Bless,
Pat

 

[Gem]

Jews are not allowed to eat blood.

In Acts, Peter has a vision which revealed that all foods are now allowed. (Jesus fulfilled the Old Law).

Keep in mind as you read the bible, that laws in the Old Testament regarding human practice can be changed as they are “disciplinary” rather than laws according to natural or moral law. Jesus gave this authority to the Apostles. (What you hold bound on earth, shall be bound in heaven…)

Also, I’d suggest a Catholic bible link though the King James one you’re using is good the many works of literature which quote from it.-
usccb.org/nab/bible/index.shtml

Gem

 

[Jesus_123]

+It isn’t meat that is being forbidden to eat under God’s Law . . . but the “blood” in the meat . . . blood is therefore to drained from meat before the meat is prepared to be eaten . . . below are references from Sacred :bible1: Scripture re Jewish law regarding same . . .

****. . . :coffeeread: . . .****KOSHER FOODS

Kosher foods are those that conform to the regulations of the Jewish Halakhic Law framework, kosher meaning fit or allowed to be eaten. A list of some Kosher foods are found in the book of Leviticus. There are also certain Kosher rules found there.

Blood

One of the main :bible1: Biblical food laws forbids eating blood on account of the life [being] in the blood. This ban and reason are listed in the Noahide Laws[9].

:bible1: [3] "And every thing that moveth and liveth shall be meat for you: even as the green herbs have I delivered them all to you: [4] Saving that flesh WITH blood you shall NOT eat. - Genesis 9:3-4​

and twice in Leviticus[10][11] as well as in Deuteronomy.[12]

:bible1: By a perpetual law for your generations, and in all your habitations: neither blood nor fat shall you eat at all. - Leviticus 3:17​

:bible1: Because the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you, that you may make atonement with it upon the altar for your souls, and the blood may be for an expiation of the soul. Therefore I have said to the children of Israel: No soul of you, nor of the strangers that sojourn among you, shall eat blood. - Leviticus 17:11-12​

:bible1: Only the blood thou shalt NOT eat, but thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water. - Deuteronomy 12:16​

… The Priestly Code also prohibits the eating of certain types of fat (chelev) from sacrificial land animals (cattle, sheep, and goats), since the fat is the portion of the meat exclusively allocated to YHWH (by burning it on the altar).[13]

To comply with this prohibition, a number of preparation techniques became practiced within traditional Judaism. The main technique, known as melihah, involves the meat being soaked in water for about half an hour, which opens pores.[18] After this, the meat is placed on a slanted board or in a wicker basket and is thickly covered with salt on each side, then left for between twenty minutes and one hour.[18] The salt covering draws blood from the meat by osmosis, and the salt must be subsequently removed from the meat (usually by trying to shake most of it off and then washing the meat twice[18]) in order to complete the extraction of the blood.

Melihah is not sufficient to extract blood from the liver, lungs, heart, and certain other internal organs, since they naturally contain a high density of blood, and therefore these organs are usually removed before the rest of the meat is salted. Roasting, on the other hand, discharges blood, and is the usual treatment given to these organs (if they are to be eaten at all). It is also an alternative cooking method for the rest of the meat.[18]

*** - Wikipedia***​

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. . . thank you Holy Mother Church+​

 

[PJM]

=Gem;7852544]Jews are not allowed to eat blood.

In Acts, Peter has a vision which revealed that all foods are now allowed. (Jesus fulfilled the Old Law).

Keep in mind as you read the bible, that laws in the Old Testament regarding human practice can be changed as they are “disciplinary” rather than laws according to natural or moral law. Jesus gave this authority to the Apostles. (What you hold bound on earth, shall be bound in heaven…)

Also, I’d suggest a Catholic bible link though the King James one you’re using is good the many works of literature which quote from it.-
usccb.org/nab/bible/index.shtml

Gem

At least from the time of Moses on; Jew do have the right to eat flesh and meat. They cannot DRINK Blood; nor eat animals used in sacrifice to IDOLS and flase gods.Yahweh provided Quails for them at night meal.

God Bless,
Pat

 

[Misguidedyouth]

+It isn’t meat that is being forbidden to eat under God’s Law . . . but the “blood” in the meat . . . blood is therefore to drained from meat before the meat is prepared to be eaten . . . below are references from Sacred :bible1: Scripture re Jewish law regarding same . . .

. . . all for Jesus+
. . . thank you Holy Mother Church+​

I’ve eaten fat. Not deliberately, but I’ve found it in meat I’ve eaten. I hope I haven’t eaten blood, but with eating out, and other people cooking I don’t know if I have. What does this mean spiritually?

 

[Pat_Payne]

I’ve eaten fat. Not deliberately, but I’ve found it in meat I’ve eaten. I hope I haven’t eaten blood, but with eating out, and other people cooking I don’t know if I have. What does this mean spiritually?

Absolutely nothing Remember what Christ said – it is not what goes in your mouth that defiles you, but what comes out of your mouth. I wish I could remewmber the exact gospel passage, but one of the Gospels in fact explicitly spells this point out in a gloss that Christ himself declared all foods, blood or not, clean.

In fact, remember what we drink at the Eucharist every week? If we can drink HIS blood, he’s not going to begrudge you a bit of blood in your fat.

OTHO, avoiding fat’s probably not a bad idea – not for any religious reason, but for health reasons

 

[chosen_people]

" But flesh with the life thereof, [which is] the blood thereof, shall ye not eat. "

Genesis 9:4

King James Bible Online

What does that mean? Does that mean people can’t eat meat? I don’t get it, if this means we can’t eat meat, what about

" Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things. "

Genesis 9:3

King James Bible Online

I decided I need to read the Bible, and there are parts that confuse me.

Bereishit (Genesis) 9:3-4

If we examine Genesis 1:29-30 we see that both Man and the animals shared the same herbal diet and it is forbidden for Man to kill animals for food.

For the first time God gives Noah and his descendants something that had never been given to Adam and his progeny, permission to eat meat. Had it not been for the righteousness of Noah no life would have survived the flood. Noah had toiled over the animals and attended their needs in the Ark and had thus acquired rights over them (see Psalms 128:2). However in verse 4 this permission to eat meat is limited. It is forbidden to eat a limb taken from a living animal. Accordingly, the verse states that flesh is prohibited while life is still in the animal and that this prohibition applies to its blood as well.

 

[Jesus_123]

I’ve eaten fat. Not deliberately, but I’ve found it in meat I’ve eaten. I hope I haven’t eaten blood, but with eating out, and other people cooking I don’t know if I have. What does this mean spiritually?

+The section of **Sacred :bible1: Scripture **in which you are reading deals specifically with Jewish dietary laws . . . The Jews were God’s specially chosen people upon this earth through whom He worked and revealed Himself in a special way out of His great love for the health and welfare of the bodies, souls and spirits of all mankind . . . and through whom Christ our Redeemer was to be born . . .

Holy **fat **offerings of certain specific fats . . . were required by God to be offered up by the priesthood as . . . holy sacrifices of obedience . . . for sinful disobedient fallen mankind to God . . . until the coming of . . . Christ Jesus the Redeemer and Saviour . . . the . . . Holy Lamb of God . . . the . . . **Perfect Holy Sacrifice **. . . for all of sinful fallen mankind . . .

Regarding the eating of fat in relationship to the Jews in this time in the history of man upon this earth . . . the Jewish Priestly Code prohibited the eating of only certain types of fat (chelev) from those sacrificial land animals (cattle, sheep, and goats) used in Jewish . . . ritual sacrifices . . . since the fat is the portion of the specifically chosen animal meats exclusively allocated to YHWH [God] (by burning it on the altar). This is all Old :bible1: Testament Jewish Law . . . which law is very intricate and involves many, many, many regulations . . .

As Catholic Christians we are guided in our **Lord **within His Church through New :bible1: Testament instruction . . .

**Christ Jesus **. . . The Lamb of God . . . having fulfilled completely to perfection the sacrifice needed for our sin . . . the **Old :bible1: Testament **sacrificial system was then done away with as no longer necessary . . . having been fulfilled in . . . Christ Jesus . . . God the Son’s . . . holy sacrifice on the Holy Cross . . . and now by the grace of **God **we are not bound as God’s children to follow Old Testament Jewish dietary laws . . .

:bible1: “For the law having a shadow of the good things to come, NOT the very image of the things, can never with the same sacrifices year by year, which they offer continually, make perfect them that draw nigh.” - Hebrews 10:1​

Christ Jesus’ apostles (Orthodox Jews themselves) prayerfully dealt with the problem before the Lord . . . of the question of Christians following the huge body of particular Jewish regulations in the New Testament book of **Acts of the Apostles **. . . below are the specific instructions given by the apostles . . . when some other Jewish converts began insisting Christians adopt all **Jewish ** traditions and ways . . . which simple **New Testament **instructions we as Christians are now to carefully follow . . .

:bible1: For it hath seemed good to the **Holy Ghost **and to us, to lay no further burden upon you than these necessary things: That you abstain from *** things sacrificed to idols, and

• from blood, and
• from things strangled, and
• from fornication;
  ** from which things keeping yourselves, you shall do well.*** - Acts 15:28-29***

*Hope this helps . . . God bless in your reading . . . *

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. . . thank You Gracious Heavenly Father+
. . . thank You Sweet Spirit of our Holy God+
. . . thank you Holy Mother Mary+
. . . thank you Holy Mother Church+​