Laws Against Eating Blood

¹⁰ “If any one of the house of Israel or of the strangers who sojourn among them ^(A)eats any blood, I will ^(B)set my face against that person who eats blood and will cut him off from among his people.

^11 (A)For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it for you on the altar ^(B)to make atonement for your souls, ^(C)for it is the blood that makes atonement by the life.

^23 (A)Only be sure that you do not eat the blood, ^(B)for the blood is the life, and you shall not eat the life with the flesh.

^16 (A)Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it out on the earth like water.

¹⁷ It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations, in all your dwelling places, that you eat neither ^(A)fat nor ^(B)blood.”

¹¹ “Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: ^(A)Behold, I will set my face against you for harm, to cut off all Judah.

³³ Then they told Saul, “Behold, the people are sinning against the Lord by eating ^(A)with the blood.” And he said, “You have dealt treacherously; roll a great stone to me here.”^[a]

¹⁷ I will ^(A)set my face against you, and ^(B)you shall be struck down before your enemies. ^(C)Those who hate you shall rule over you, and ^(D)you shall flee when none pursues you.

²⁶ Moreover, ^(A)you shall eat no blood whatever, whether of fowl or of animal, in any of your dwelling places. ²⁷ Whoever eats any blood, that person shall be cut off from his people.”

⁴ But you shall not eat flesh with its ^(A)life, that is, its blood.