“Whatsoever soul it be that eateth any manner of blood, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.”
Anyone who eats blood must be cut off from their people. The cutting off penalty for eating blood is as severe as for eating fat. The two substances that are prohibited from eating — fat and blood — are the two substances that belong exclusively to God in the offering system. Both are life-associated: fat is the body's energy reserve, blood is the body's life-carrier. The God who is the source of all life claims both substances: the fat that represents richness and the blood that represents life belong to the One who gives both richness and life.
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