¹¹ For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have appointed it to you to make atonement on the altar for^[a] your lives, since it is the lifeblood that makes atonement.^(A)

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