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- 1Leviticus Blood Verse Cited in Jehovah's Witnesses Transfusion Debate●"If anyone [...] eats any blood, I will set my face against that person who eats blood, and will cut that person off fro
A verse from Leviticus 17:10, which forbids eating blood and threatens those who do with being cut off from their people, is being cited in discussion of religious objections to blood transfusions. The passage has been one of the Bible verses Jehovah's Witnesses have historically used to justify refusing blood transfusions, with the account noting this position applied until recently.