Lev 17:14 | HCSB | STEP | Since the life of every creature is its blood , I have told the Israelites : You must not eat the blood of any creature , because the life of every creature is its blood ; whoever eats it must be cut off .

Leviticus 17:14

14 Since the life of every creature is its blood, I have told the Israelites: You must not eat the blood of any creature, ^a because the life of every creature is its blood; whoever eats it must be cut off.