Leviticus 17:10–16

EATING BLOOD AND CARCASSES PROHIBITED

¹⁰“Anyone from the house of Israel or from the aliens who reside among them who eats any blood,^k I will turn^A against that person who eats blood and cut him off from his people. ¹¹For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have appointed it to you to make atonement on the altar for^B your lives, since it is the lifeblood that makes atonement.^{l 12}Therefore I say to the Israelites: None of you and no alien who resides among you may eat blood.

¹³“Any Israelite or alien residing among them, who hunts^m down a wild animal or bird that may be eaten must drain its bloodⁿ and cover it with dirt. ¹⁴Since the life of every creature is its blood, I have told the Israelites: You are not to eat the blood of any creature,^o because the life of every creature is its blood; whoever eats it must be cut off.

¹⁵“Every person, whether the native or the resident alien,^p who eats an animal that died a natural death or was mauled by wild beasts^q is to wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening; then he will be clean. ¹⁶But if he does not wash his clothes and bathe himself, he will bear his iniquity.”