So perhaps as it stands, the system of dietary laws does in fact emphasize reverence for life.

也许照此来说，饮食教规的确强调了对生命的崇敬。

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But even so, he says, the animal's life is to be treated with reverence, and the blood which is the life essence must be poured out on the ground, returned to God, not consumed.

即便如此，上帝仍认为，动物的生命应当被尊重，而作为生命重要元素的血，应当倒在地上,不应当引用，而是应该归还上帝。

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