¹⁹ and said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this: shall I drink the blood of these men who have put their lives in jeopardy? for with [the jeopardy of] their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men.

¹⁰ "'Any man of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who live as foreigners among them, who eats any kind of blood, I will set my face against that soul who eats blood, and will cut him off from among his people.

⁴ who for my life, laid down their own necks; to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the assemblies of the Gentiles.

¹ What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?

² May it never be! We who died to sin, how could we live in it any longer?

⁵⁵ For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.

²⁴ He said to them, "This is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many.

¹⁴ He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence. Their blood will be precious in his sight.

³¹ If the men of my tent have not said, 'Who can find one who has not been filled with his meat?'

³ Naboth said to Ahab, Yahweh forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to you.

¹⁷ He said, Be it far from me, Yahweh, that I should do this: [shall I drink] the blood of the men who went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men.

⁵ for he put his life in his hand, and struck the Philistine, and Yahweh worked a great victory for all Israel: you saw it, and did rejoice; why then will you sin against innocent blood, to kill David without a cause?

¹⁷ (for my father fought for you, and adventured his life, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:

¹⁸ Zebulun was a people that jeopardized their lives to the death, Naphtali, on the high places of the field.

³⁰ Why do we also stand in jeopardy every hour?