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12 For this reason, Israel's people must not eat blood. And the people who are travelling with them must not eat blood.[a]

13 A person may catch an animal or a bird that is clean to eat. If he does, he must pour its blood on the ground. He must cover the blood with some earth. 14 The animal's life is in its blood. That is why no Israelite should eat any animal's blood. You must send any person that eats blood away from your people.

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  1. 17:12 Jews still obey this rule. They call meat with no blood in it ‘kosher meat’.