Genesis

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.

Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.

Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water.

Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.