Verse 14

For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off.

Referenced Verses

• Gen 9:4 : 4 But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
• Deut 12:23 : 23 Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.
• Lev 17:11-12 : 11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul. 12 Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood.