Also, the Gentiles were accustomed to eat the flesh of animals that had been strangled; while the Jews had been divinely instructed with regard to the food they should use. They were particular, in killing beasts, that the blood should flow from the body, else it was not regarded as healthful meat. God had given these injunctions to the Jews for the purpose of preserving their health and strength. The Jews considered it sinful to use blood as an article of diet. They considered that the blood was the life; and that the shedding of blood was in consequence of sin. {LP 65.3}

Også hedningene havde vænnet sig til at spise kød af dyr som var blevet kvalt; medens jøderne var blevet guddommeligt undervist om den mad de skulle bruge. De havde særlige regler for at dræbe dyr, så blodet skulle flyde fra kroppen, ellers blev det ikke betragtet som sund mad. Gud har givet disse formaninger til jøderne for at de kan forblive sunde og raske. Jøderne betragtede det som syndigt at bruge blod som fødemiddel. De så at blodet var livet; at udgydelsen af blodet var på grund af synd.