Genesis 9:4-6

4But you shall not eat flesh with its alife, that is, its blood. 5And for your lifeblood I will require a reckoning: bfrom every beast I will require it and cfrom man. From his fellow man I will require a reckoning for the life of man.

6 d“Whoever sheds the blood of man,
by man shall his blood be shed,
efor God made man in his own image.

Leviticus 17:10-14

Laws Against Eating Blood

10“If any one of the house of Israel or of the strangers who sojourn among them feats any blood, I will gset my face against that person who eats blood and will cut him off from among his people. 11 hFor the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it for you on the altar ito make atonement for your souls, jfor it is the blood that makes atonement by the life. 12Therefore 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 kpour out its blood and lcover it with earth. 14For the life of every creature
Hebrew all flesh
is its nblood: 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.
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