Leviticus 17:11-14

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11 For ^athe ¹life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your souls; for ^bit is the blood that makes atonement by the ¹life.’ 12 Therefore I said to the sons of Israel, ‘No person among you may eat blood, and no sojourner who sojourns among you may eat blood.’ 13 So any man from the sons of Israel, or from the sojourners who sojourn among them, who in hunting catches a beast or a bird which may be eaten, ^ashall pour out its blood and cover it with earth.
14 “^aFor as for the ¹life of all flesh, its blood is identified with its ¹life. Therefore I said to the sons of Israel, ‘You are not to eat the blood of any flesh, for the ¹life of all flesh is its blood; whoever eats it shall be cut off.’