1 Samuel 14:34

New Century Version

Then he said, “Go to the men and tell them that each person must bring his ox and sheep to me and kill it here and eat it. Don’t sin against the Lord by eating meat without draining the blood from it.” That night everyone brought his animals and killed them there.

Cross References

Genesis 9:4

But you must not eat meat that still has blood in it, because blood gives life.

1 Samuel 14:33

Someone said to Saul, “Look! The men are sinning against the Lord. They’re eating meat without draining the blood from it!” Saul said, “You have sinned! Roll a large stone over here now!”

1 Samuel 14:35

Then Saul built an altar to the Lord. It was the first altar he had built to the Lord.