⁴ But you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, ^(A)its blood.

¹⁰ ‘^(A)And anyone from the house of Israel, or from the strangers who reside among them, who eats any blood, ^(B)I will set My face against that person who eats the blood, and will cut him off from among his people. ¹¹ For ^(C)the ^[a]life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your souls; for ^(D)it is the blood by reason of the ^[b]life that makes atonement.’ ¹² Therefore I said to the sons of Israel, ‘No person among you may eat blood, nor may any stranger who resides among you eat blood.’ ¹³ So when anyone from the sons of Israel, or from the strangers who reside among them, ^[c]while hunting catches an animal or a bird which may be eaten, ^(E)he shall pour out its blood and cover it with dirt.

¹⁴ “^(F)For as for the ^[d]life of all flesh, its blood is identified with its ^[e]life. Therefore I said to the sons of Israel, ‘You are not to eat the blood of any flesh, for the ^[f]life of all flesh is its blood; whoever eats it shall be cut off.’ ¹⁵ And ^(G)any person who eats an animal which dies or is torn by animals, whether he is a native or a stranger, shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and remain unclean until evening; then he will become clean. ¹⁶ But if he does not wash his clothes and bathe his body, then ^(H)he shall bear the responsibility for his ^[g]guilt.”

²⁶ ‘You shall not eat any meat ^(A)with the blood. You shall not practice ^(B)divination nor soothsaying.

²³ Only be sure ^(A)not to eat the blood, for the blood is the ^[a]life, and you shall not eat the ^[b]life with the flesh.

³³ Then observers informed Saul, saying, “Look, the people are ^(A)sinning against the Lord by eating meat with the blood.” And he said, “You have acted treacherously; roll a large rock to me today.”