Ulangan 12:23-24

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! 12:24 You must not eat it! You must pour it out on the ground like water.

Ulangan 15:23

15:23 However, you must not eat its blood; you must pour it out on the ground like water.

Kejadian 9:4

9:4 But ²  you must not eat meat ³  with its life (that is, ⁴  its blood) in it. ⁵ 

[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).

[9:4]  ² tn Heb “only.”

[9:4]  ³ tn Or “flesh.”

[9:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “its life, its blood.” The second word is in apposition to the first, explaining what is meant by “its life.” Since the blood is equated with life, meat that had the blood in it was not to be eaten.

[9:4]  ⁵ tn The words “in it” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[9:4]  sn You must not eat meat with its life…in it. Because of the carnage produced by the flood, people might conclude that life is cheap and therefore treat it lightly. But God will not permit them to kill or even to eat anything with the lifeblood still in it, serving as a reminder of the sanctity of life.