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  • From: "Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>
  • To: "Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Question for all - Lev. 17:13
  • Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 17:30:58 -0500

The first part, “drain out the blood” is connected with Genesis 9:4 where God
commands that the blood is not to be eaten.

As for the covering with earth, very likely this is a health practice.
Uncovered blood is an attractive nuisance for flies and other vermin. An
explanation is not given in the immediate context, nor anywhere else that I
know of.

Karl W. Randolph.

----- Original Message -----
From: Hal Goodnight <jwdefender17 AT yahoo.com>

> "Any Israelite or any alien living among you who hunts any animal or bird
> that may be eaten must _drain out the blood and cover it with earth_." (NIV)
>
> What concept do you feel the underscored words would signal in the mind of
> an ancient Israelite, and why do you feel that way?
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark Davis.
>
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