"ThereforeI saidto the sonsof Israel,'Nopersonamongyou may eatblood,normay any alienwho sojournsamongyou eatblood.'
"The samelawshall applyto the nativeas to the strangerwho sojournsamongyou."
"Thereforesayto them, 'Thussaysthe LordGOD,"You eat[meat] with the blood[in it], liftup your eyesto your idolsas you shedblood.Should you then possessthe land?
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.'
"So when anymanfrom the sonsof Israel,or from the alienswho sojournamongthem, in huntingcatchesa beastora birdwhichmay be eaten,he shall pourout its bloodand coverit with earth.
It is a perpetualstatutethroughout your generationsin allyour dwellings:you shall not eatanyfator anyblood.'"
