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An isolated clay bowl holds a small amount of red liquid on bare earth.
Artwork is an interpretation. Scripture is quoted from the People's Open Bible.

Deuteronomy 12:23

The Blood Is the Life

Seek the Chosen Place and Rejoice Together · Deuteronomy 12

Story guide: The isolated bowl accompanies the prohibition against eating blood, for the blood is the life.

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23Only be sure not to eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you shall not eat the life with the flesh.

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