Gen 9:4, Lev 3:17, 17:10-14, 1Sa 14:33-34, Eze 33:25, Joh 6:53, Act 15:20 | ESV | STEP | But you shall not eat flesh with its life , that is, its blood .

10 “If any one of the house of Israel or of the strangers who sojourn among them ^deats any blood, I will ^eset my face against that person who eats blood and will cut him off from among his people. 11 ^fFor the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it for you on the altar ^gto make atonement for your souls, ^hfor it is the blood that makes atonement by the life. 12 Therefore I have said to the people of Israel, No person among you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger who sojourns among you eat blood.

13 “Any one also of the people of Israel, or of the strangers who sojourn among them, who takes in hunting any beast or bird that may be eaten shall ⁱpour out its blood and ^jcover it with earth. 14 For the life of every creature ^{▼▼Hebrew all flesh} is its ^lblood: its blood is its life. ^{▼▼Hebrew it is in its life} Therefore I have said to the people of Israel, You shall not eat the blood of any creature, for the life of every creature is its blood. Whoever eats it shall be cut off.

1 Samuel 14:33-34

33 Then they told Saul, “Behold, the people are sinning against the Lord by eating ⁿwith the blood.” And he said, “You have dealt treacherously; roll a great stone to me here.” ^{▼▼Septuagint; Hebrew this day} 34 And Saul said, “Disperse yourselves among the people and say to them, ‘Let every man bring his ox or his sheep and slaughter them here and eat, and do not sin against the Lord by eating with the blood.’” So every one of the people brought his ox with him that night and they slaughtered them there.

Ezekiel 33:25

25 Therefore say to them, Thus says the Lord God: ^pYou eat flesh with the blood and ^qlift up your eyes to your idols and ^rshed blood; shall you then possess the land?

John 6:53

53 So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of ^sthe Son of Man and drink his blood, you ^thave no life in you.

Acts 15:20

20 but should write to them ^uto abstain from ^vthe things polluted by idols, and from ^wsexual immorality, and from ^xwhat has been strangled, and from ^yblood.