"Onlybe surenot to eatthe blood,for the bloodis the life,and you shall not eatthe lifewith the flesh.
"Onlyyou shall not eatfleshwith its life,[that is], its blood.
"Thereforesayto them, 'Thussaysthe LordGOD,"You eat[meat] with the blood[in it], liftup your eyesto your idolsas you shedblood.Should you then possessthe land?
And anymanfrom the houseof Israel,or from the alienswho sojournamongthem, whoeatsanyblood,I will setMy faceagainst that personwho eatsbloodand will cuthim offfrom amonghis people.
For the lifeof the fleshis in the blood,and I have givenit to you on the altarto makeatonementfor your souls;for it is the bloodby reason of the lifethat makesatonement.'
You shall not eat[anything] with the blood,norpracticedivinationor soothsaying.
You are not to eatanyblood,either of birdor animal,in anyof your dwellings.
justas the Sonof Mandid not cometo be served,but to serve,and to giveHis lifea ransomfor many."
but that we writeto them that they abstainfrom things contaminatedby idolsand from fornicationand from what is strangledand from blood.
"Onlyyou shall not eatthe blood;you are to pourit out on the groundlike water.
"Justas a gazelleor a deeris eaten,soyou will eatit; the uncleanand the cleanalikemay eatof it.
"You shall not eatit; you shall pourit out on the groundlike water.
"Onlyyou shall not eatits blood;you are to pourit out on the groundlike water.
And they sanga newsong,saying,"Worthyare You to takethe bookand to breakits seals;for You were slain,and purchasedfor Godwith Your blood[men] from everytribeand tongueand peopleand nation.
The peoplerushedgreedilyupon the spoil,and tooksheepand oxenand calves,and slew[them] on the ground;and the peopleate[them] with the blood.
Then they toldSaul,saying,"Behold,the peopleare sinningagainst the LORDby eatingwith the blood."And he said,"You have actedtreacherously;rolla greatstoneto me today."
