Ulangan 12:16

12:16 However, you must not eat blood – pour it out on the ground like water.

Ulangan 12:23

12:23 However, by no means eat the blood, for the blood is life itself ¹  – you must not eat the life with the meat!

Imamat 7:26

7:26 And you must not eat any blood of the birds or the domesticated land animals in any of the places where you live. ² 

Imamat 7:1

The Guilt Offering

7:1 “‘This is the law of the guilt offering. It is most holy.

1 Samuel 14:32

14:32 So the army rushed greedily on ³  the ⁴  plunder, confiscating sheep, cattle, and calves. They slaughtered them right on the ground, and the army ate them blood and all.

Yehezkiel 33:25

33:25 Therefore say to them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: You eat the meat with the blood still in it, ⁵  pray to ⁶  your idols, and shed blood. Do you really think you will possess ⁷  the land?

[12:23]  ¹ sn The blood is life itself. This is a figure of speech (metonymy) in which the cause or means (the blood) stands for the result or effect (life). That is, life depends upon the existence and circulation of blood, a truth known empirically but not scientifically tested and proved until the 17th century a.d. (cf. Lev 17:11).

[7:26]  ² tn Heb “and any blood you must not eat in any of your dwelling places, to the bird and to the animal.”

[14:32]  ³ tc The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew mss in reading “and they rushed greedily upon,” rather than the Kethib, “and they did.”

[14:32]  ⁴ tc The translation reads with the Qere and many medieval Hebrew mss הַשָּׁלָל (hashalal, “the spoil”) rather than following the Kethib reading, שָׁלָל (shalal, “spoil”).

[33:25]  ⁵ sn This practice was a violation of Levitical law (see Lev 19:26).

[33:25]  ⁶ tn Heb “lift up your eyes.”

[33:25]  ⁷ tn Heb “Will you possess?”