Leviticus 17:10, 12, 14

“ ‘I will be against any citizen of Israel or foreigner living with you who eats blood. I will cut off that person from the people.

So I tell the people of Israel this: “None of you may eat blood, and no foreigner living among you may eat blood.”

If blood is still in the meat, the animal’s life is still in it. So I give this command to the people of Israel: “Don’t eat meat that still has blood in it, because the animal’s life is in its blood. Anyone who eats blood must be cut off.”