“And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, which hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl that may be eaten; he shall even pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust.”
Any Israelite or any foreigner residing among you who hunts any animal or bird that may be eaten must drain out the blood and cover it with earth. The game animal regulation: the blood of hunted animals must be drained and covered with earth. The hunter who kills a game animal (which is not a domesticated animal subject to the tabernacle-slaughter requirement) must still honor the blood's sanctity by draining it and covering it. The covering of the blood with earth is a burial-like act that returns the life-substance to the ground — an acknowledgment that the life represented by the blood belongs not to the hunter but to the God who gave it.
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