²³ But be sure you do not eat the blood,^(A) because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.^{(B) 24} You must not eat the blood; pour it out on the ground like water.^{(C) 25} Do not eat it, so that it may go well^(D) with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is right^(E) in the eyes of the Lord.