Leviticus 17:12-14

Evangelical Heritage Version

¹² Therefore I have said to the Israelites: None of you shall eat blood, nor shall any alien who resides among you eat blood.

¹³ If any of the Israelites or any alien who resides among them successfully hunts wild game and takes an animal or a bird that may be eaten, he must pour out its blood and cover it with earth. ¹⁴ For the life of all flesh is its blood. It is its life. Therefore I have said to the Israelites: You shall not eat the blood from any flesh, for the life of all flesh is its blood. Whoever eats it will be cut off.