^{23 Ref} `Only, be sure not to eat the blood, for the blood `is' the life, and thou dost not eat the life with the flesh;

^{24 Ref} thou dost not eat it, on the earth thou dost pour it as water;

^{25 Ref} thou dost not eat it, in order that it may be well with thee, and with thy sons after thee, when thou dost that which `is' right in the eyes of Jehovah.