²³ Only, its blood thou dost not eat; on the earth thou dost pour it as water.

¹⁶ `Only, the blood ye do not eat -- on the earth thou dost pour it as water;

²⁶ `And any blood ye do not eat in all your dwellings, of fowl, or of beast;

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

³² and the people make unto the spoil, and take sheep, and oxen, and sons of the herd, and slaughter on the earth, and the people eat with the blood.

²⁵ Therefore say unto them: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: With the blood ye do eat, And your eyes ye lift up unto your idols, And blood ye shed, and the land ye inherit!