¹¹ For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have appointed it to you to make atonement on the altar for^[a] your lives, since it is the lifeblood that makes atonement.^{(A) 12} Therefore I say to the Israelites: None of you and no alien who resides among you may eat blood.

¹⁴ Since the life of every creature is its blood, I have told the Israelites: You are not to eat the blood of any creature,^(A) because the life of every creature is its blood; whoever eats it must be cut off.