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

²³ “Say to the Israelites: ‘Do not eat any of the fat of cattle, sheep or goats.^(A)

²⁶ And wherever you live, you must not eat the blood^(A) of any bird or animal.

¹⁰ “‘I will set my face against any Israelite or any foreigner residing among them who eats blood,^(A) and I will cut them off from the people.

¹⁴ because the life of every creature is its blood. That is why I have said to the Israelites, “You must not eat the blood of any creature, because the life of every creature is its blood; anyone who eats it must be cut off.”^(A)

³³ Then someone said to Saul, “Look, the men are sinning against the Lord by eating meat that has blood^(A) in it.”

“You have broken faith,” he said. “Roll a large stone over here at once.”