Leviticus 17:11-13

Living Bible

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. ¹³ Anyone, whether an Israelite or a foreigner living among you, who goes hunting and kills an animal or bird of a kind permitted for food, must pour out the blood and cover it with dust,