For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for yourselves on the altar; it is the blood that makes atonement for one’s life. Therefore I say to the Israelites, “None of you may eat blood, nor may an alien living among you eat blood.”
Any Israelite or any alien living among them who eats any blood – I will set my face against that person who eats blood and will cut him off from his people.
They must no longer offer any of their sacrifices to the goat idols to whom they prostitute themselves. This is to be a lasting ordinance for them and for the generations to come.
沙漠中條件艱苦，牧者當然希望最大程度地保護羊群，設下嚴格規範必定有其用意。
華儒不就最愛這樣講麼：
跟你説了也聽不懂，等你長大就會知道。