^10 (A)‘And whatever man of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who dwell among you, who eats any blood, ^(B)I will set My face against that person who eats blood, and will cut him off from among his people.

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

²³ Only be sure that you do not eat the blood, ^(A)for the blood is the life; you may not eat the life with the meat.

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

¹⁷ ‘This shall be a ^(A)perpetual^[a] statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings: you shall eat neither fat nor ^(B)blood.’ ”

¹¹ “Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: ‘Behold, ^(A)I will set My face against you for catastrophe and for ^[a]cutting off all Judah.

³³ Then they told Saul, saying, “Look, the people are sinning against the Lord by eating with the blood!”

So he said, “You have dealt treacherously; roll a large stone to me this day.”

^26 (A)Moreover you shall not eat any blood in any of your dwellings, whether of bird or beast. ²⁷ Whoever eats any blood, that person shall be cut off from his people.’ ”

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