Leviticus 17:12-14

The Voice

¹² This is why I told the people of Israel, “No one of you or any outsider living among you is allowed to eat blood.”

¹³ Now if any Israelite or outsider living among you hunts and kills an animal or a bird that is acceptable and may be eaten, then that person must drain its blood from it and cover it up with the soil of the earth.

¹⁴ You see, the life of every creature is its blood; blood represents life. Blood is life. This is why I told the people of Israel, “Do not eat the blood of any living creature; for the life of any creature is its blood.” Anyone who consumes blood will be cut off from the community.