Eating Blood Prohibited

¹⁰ “If anyone of the house of Israel or of the aliens who reside among them eats any blood, I will set my face against that person who eats blood and will cut that person off from the people.^(A)

¹¹ For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you for making atonement for your lives on the altar, for, as life, it is the blood that makes atonement.^(A)

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

¹⁶ The blood, however, you must not eat; you shall pour it out on the ground like water.^(A)

¹⁷ It shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations, in all your settlements: you must not eat any fat or any blood.”^(A)

¹¹ Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: I am determined to bring disaster on you, to bring all Judah to an end.^(A)

³³ Then it was reported to Saul, “Look, the troops are sinning against the Lord by eating with the blood.” And he said, “You have dealt treacherously; roll a large stone before me here.”^[a]

¹⁷ I will set my face against you, and you shall be struck down by your enemies; your foes shall rule over you, and you shall flee though no one pursues you.^(A)

²⁶ You must not eat any blood whatever, either of bird or of animal, in any of your settlements.^{(A) 27} Any one of you who eats any blood shall be cut off from your people.”

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