Leviticus 17:10-12

Living Bible

¹⁰ “And I will turn my face against anyone, whether an Israelite or a foreigner living among you, who eats blood in any form. I will excommunicate him from his people. ¹¹ For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given you the blood to sprinkle upon the altar as an atonement for your souls; it is the blood that makes atonement because it is the life.^{[a] 12} That is the reasoning behind my decree to the people of Israel, that neither they, nor any foreigner living among them, may eat blood.