¹⁰ And if there is anyone^[a] from the house of Israel or^[b] from the alien who is dwelling in their midst who eats any blood, then^[c] I will set my face against the person who eats the blood, and I will cut him off from among his people. ¹¹ Indeed^[d] the flesh’s life is in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your lives, because it is the blood with the life that makes atonement. ¹² Therefore^[e] I said to the Israelites,^[f] ‘None of you^[g] may eat blood, nor^[h] may the alien who is dwelling in your midst eat blood.’