Leviticus 17:10-14

Contemporary English Version

Do Not Eat Blood

The Lord said:

^10 (A) I will turn against any of my people who eat blood. This also includes any foreigners living among you. ^11 (B) Life is in the blood, and I have given you the blood of animals to sacrifice in place of your own. ¹² That's also why I have forbidden you to eat blood. ¹³ Even if you should hunt and kill a bird or an animal, you must drain out the blood and cover it with soil.

¹⁴ The life of every living creature is in its blood. That's why I have forbidden you to eat blood and why I have warned you that anyone who does will no longer belong to my people.