Leviticus 17:12-14

New Catholic Bible

¹² Therefore, I told the children of Israel, ‘No one of you shall eat blood, nor shall the alien living among you eat blood.’

¹³ “Whoever from among the children of Israel or from among the aliens living in your midst hunts or catches a beast or a bird that can be eaten, let him pour out its blood and cover it with dust ¹⁴ for it is the life of all flesh. The blood is its life. Therefore, I said to the children of Israel, ‘You will eat no blood of any flesh, for the life of all flesh is in the blood. Whoever eats it will be cut off.’