¹³ And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among them, who taketh in hunting any beast or bird that may be eaten; he shall pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust.

¹⁶ Only ye shall not eat the blood; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water.

²⁶ And ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of bird or of beast, in any of your dwellings.

²⁴ Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water.

²³ Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it out upon the ground as water.

⁷ For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the bare rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust.

³² and the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground; and the people did eat them with the blood.

³³ Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin against Jehovah, in that they eat with the blood. And he said, ye have dealt treacherously: roll a great stone unto me this day.

³⁴ And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and say unto them, Bring me hither every man his ox, and every man his sheep, and slay them here, and eat; and sin not against Jehovah in eating with the blood. And all the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and slew them there.

¹⁸ O earth, cover not thou my blood, And let my cry have no `resting' -place.