⁴ “But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it.^(A)

¹⁰ “‘I will set my face against any Israelite or any foreigner residing among them who eats blood,^(A) and I will cut them off from the people.

¹⁴ because the life of every creature is its blood. That is why I have said to the Israelites, “You must not eat the blood of any creature, because the life of every creature is its blood; anyone who eats it must be cut off.”^(A)

¹⁶ But you must not eat the blood;^(A) pour^(B) it out on the ground like water.^(C)