Leviticus 17:10-14
10"If any Israelite or foreigner living among them eats blood, I will disown that person and cut him off from his people,a
11for the life of an animal is in the blood. I have provided the blood for you to make atonement for your lives on the Altar; it is the blood, the life, that makes atonement.b
12That''s why I tell the People of Israel, "Don''t eat blood.'' The same goes for the foreigner who lives among you, "Don''t eat blood.''
13"Any and every Israelite--this also goes for the foreigners--who hunts down an animal or bird that is edible, must bleed it and cover the blood with dirt,
14because the life of every animal is its blood--the blood is its life. That''s why I tell the Israelites, "Don''t eat the blood of any animal because the life of every animal is its blood. Anyone who eats the blood must be cut off.''