Leviticus 17:10-16

Evangelical Heritage Version

¹⁰ If anyone from the house of Israel or from the aliens who reside among them eats any blood, I will set my face against the person who eats the blood, and I will cut him off from among his people. ¹¹ For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I myself have given it to you to make atonement for your lives upon the altar, because it is the blood that makes atonement by means of the life. ¹² Therefore I have said to the Israelites: None of you shall eat blood, nor shall any alien who resides among you eat blood.

¹³ If any of the Israelites or any alien who resides among them successfully hunts wild game and takes an animal or a bird that may be eaten, he must pour out its blood and cover it with earth. ¹⁴ For the life of all flesh is its blood. It is its life. Therefore I have said to the Israelites: You shall not eat the blood from any flesh, for the life of all flesh is its blood. Whoever eats it will be cut off.

¹⁵ If any person, whether native or alien, eats anything that has died naturally or has been torn by wild animals, he shall wash his clothes, bathe in water, and remain unclean until sunset. Then he shall be clean. ¹⁶ But if he does not wash his clothes and bathe his body, he shall bear his guilt.