Leviticus 17:9-11
Revised Standard Version
9 and does not bring it to the door of the tent of meeting, to sacrifice it to the Lord; that man shall be cut off from his people.
Eating Blood Prohibited
10 “If any man of the house of Israel or of the strangers that sojourn among them eats any blood, I will set my face against that person who eats blood, and will cut him off from among his people. 11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood; and I have given it for you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood that makes atonement, by reason of the life.
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