Leviticus 17:12

12 Therefore I say to the Israelites: None of you and no foreigner who lives among you may eat blood.

Leviticus 17:12 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 17:12

Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, no soul of you
shall eat blood
Great or small as Jarchi observes, for the reason above given; which, though not expressed before, was the true reason of this law, which had been given before, and now repeated; see ( Leviticus 3:17 ) ( Leviticus 7:26 Leviticus 7:27 ) ;

neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood;
any proselyte of righteousness; this is not observed before.

Leviticus 17:12 In-Context

10 "Anyone from the house of Israel or from the foreigners who live among them who eats any blood, I will turn against that person who eats blood and cut him off from his people.

11 For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have appointed it to you to make atonement on the altar for your lives, since it is the lifeblood that makes atonement.

12 Therefore I say to the Israelites: None of you and no foreigner who lives among you may eat blood.

13 "Any Israelite or foreigner living among them, who hunts down a wild animal or bird that may be eaten must drain its blood and cover it with dirt.

14 Since the life of every creature is its blood, I have told the Israelites: You must not eat the blood of any creature, because the life of every creature is its blood; whoever eats it must be cut off.