And whatsoever man [there be] of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, which hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl that may be eaten; he shall even pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Si quelqu'un des enfants d'Israël ou des étrangers qui séjournent au milieu d'eux prend à la chasse un animal ou un oiseau qui se mange, il en versera le sang et le couvrira de poussière.
KJV
And whatsoever man [there be] of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, which hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl that may be eaten; he shall even pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust.
Philo Judaeus
De Specialibus Legibus (lib. i‑iv)
ἀποτείνοντες M: ἀποτείνονται S (v) καινὰς κενὰς SM: καὶ καινὰς 1 Lev. 5,2. 11,24—28. Deut. 14,20. 12 Lev. 17,13—16. 17 ἐπινοοῦντες ἡδονάς, ἄθυτα παρασκευάζουσιν, ἄγχοντες καὶ ἀποπνίγοντες καὶ τὴν οὐσίαν τῆς ψυχῆς, ἣν ἐλεύθερον καὶ ἄφετον ἐχρῆν ἐᾶν, τυμβεύοντες τῷ σώματι τὸ αἷμα·…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
most acceptable. Hence the Lord commanded the blood to be poured out and to be covered with earth ( Lev. 17:13 ). For the same reason they were forbidden to eat animals that had been suffocated or strangled: because the blood of these animals would not be separated from the body:…
John Chrysostom
NPNF1-11. Saint Chrysostom: Homilies on the Acts of the Apostles and the Epistle to the Romans
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