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The Jehovah's Witnesses are well known for their refusal to receive blood transfusions. This is based on their interpretation on a number of passages in the Bible. These include [[Genesis 9]]:3-4 where God told commanded Noah and his family that "...blood, you shall to not eatblood." (Genesis 9:3-4) He then reiterated this Again in the Law of Moses, or the Mosaic Law. ([[Leviticus 7:26; 17:10; ]] and [[Deuteronomy 12:16) Many believe ]] this command in re-iterated. Mainstream Christians argue however that after the Mosiac Law was abolished by ChristJehovah's death that Witnesses are mistaken because the specifics of the Mosaic Law against blood does do not apply. However, in a list of things that Christians were forbidden to do, since there was confusion because the Law had been abolished, the disciples said that Christians were supposed to abstain completely from ''blood. (Acts 15:28, 29) To illustrate: If a doctor told a man that he was to drink no more alcoholtransfusions'', would it be okay for but only the man to insert the alcohol into his veins? Hardly. Since God told man to abstain from blood, inserting it into your veins would not be abstaining from drinking of blood.