Leviticus 17:14-16

New Catholic Bible

¹⁴ for it is the life of all flesh. The blood is its life. Therefore, I said to the children of Israel, ‘You will eat no blood of any flesh, for the life of all flesh is in the blood. Whoever eats it will be cut off.’ ¹⁵ Whoever eats a beast that died by itself, or that was torn asunder by beasts, whether he be a native or an alien, shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and he shall be unclean until the evening. Then he shall be clean. ¹⁶ But if he does not wash or bathe, then he shall bear his guilt.”