²³ But be sure you do not eat the blood,^(A) because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.^{(B) 24} You must not eat the blood; pour it out on the ground like water.^{(C) 25} Do not eat it, so that it may go well^(D) with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is right^(E) in the eyes of the Lord.

²⁶ But take your consecrated things and whatever you have vowed to give,^(F) and go to the place the Lord will choose. ²⁷ Present your burnt offerings^(G) on the altar of the Lord your God, both the meat and the blood. The blood of your sacrifices must be poured beside the altar of the Lord your God, but you may eat^(H) the meat.

²³ But you must not eat the blood; pour it out on the ground like water.^(A)

⁴ “But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it.^(A)

¹⁷ “‘This is a lasting ordinance^(A) for the generations to come,^(B) wherever you live:^(C) You must not eat any fat or any blood.^(D)’”