Leviticus 17:11-14

New American Standard Bible

¹¹ For ^(A)the ^[a]life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your souls; for ^(B)it is the blood by reason of the ^[b]life that makes atonement.’ ¹² Therefore I said to the sons of Israel, ‘No person among you may eat blood, nor may any stranger who resides among you eat blood.’ ¹³ So when anyone from the sons of Israel, or from the strangers who reside among them, ^[c]while hunting catches an animal or a bird which may be eaten, ^(C)he shall pour out its blood and cover it with dirt.

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