Leviticus 17:12-14

New American Standard Bible 1995

¹² Therefore I said to the sons of Israel, ‘No person among you may eat blood, nor may any alien who sojourns among you eat blood.’ ¹³ So when any man from the sons of Israel, or from the aliens who sojourn among them, ^[a]in hunting catches a beast or a bird which may be eaten, ^(A)he shall pour out its blood and cover it with earth.

¹⁴ “^(B)For as for the ^[b]life of all flesh, its blood is identified with its ^[c]life. Therefore I said to the sons of Israel, ‘You are not to eat the blood of any flesh, for the ^[d]life of all flesh is its blood; whoever eats it shall be cut off.’