What is commandment #191 of the 613 commandments?

Commandment #191 is a negative commandment from Deuteronomy 12:23: "Do not eat meat torn off a living creature." It belongs to the category of Food.

Where is commandment #191 found in the Bible?

This commandment is found in Deuteronomy 12:23, in the book of Deuteronomy.

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Negative Commandment #191 of 613

Commandment #191 — a prohibition from Deuteronomy 12:23, classified under Food in the 613 commandments of the Torah.

“"Only be sure not to eat the blood, for the blood is the life, and you shall not eat the life with the flesh.”

— Deuteronomy 12:23

Hebrew

כג רַק חֲזַק, לְבִלְתִּי אֲכֹל הַדָּם, כִּי הַדָּם, הוּא הַנָּפֶשׁ; וְלֹא-תֹאכַל הַנֶּפֶשׁ, עִם-הַבָּשָׂר.

Greek (Septuagint)

23 πρόσεχε ἰσχυρῶς τοῦ μὴ φαγεῖν αἷμα, ὅτι τὸ αἷμα αὐτοῦ ψυχή· οὐ βρωθήσεται ἡ ψυχὴ μετὰ τῶν κρεῶν,

#176: Examine the signs of animals to distinguish between those which are kosher and non-kosher

Leviticus 11:2

#177: Examine the signs of fowl to distinguish between those which are kosher and non-kosher

Deuteronomy 14:11

#178: Examine the signs of fish to distinguish between those which are kosher and non-kosher

Leviticus 11:9

#179: Examine the signs of insects to distinguish between those which are kosher and non-kosher

Leviticus 11:21

#180: Do not eat non-kosher animals

Leviticus 11:4

#181: Do not eat non-kosher fowl

Leviticus 11:13

#190: Do not eat meat of an animal that was mortally wounded

#192: Do not eat blood

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