Leviticus 17:13-16

The Blood of Non-sacrificial Animals. To these, of course, Leviticus 17:3 does not apply. But all blood, even theirs, is regarded as dangerous. Hence, it must be covered with dust, or it will cry from the ground (cf. Genesis 4:10 *). The whole class of non-sacrificial animals includes: (a) wild animals, which may be eaten, if properly drained of blood; (b) animals not killed; and (c) animals killed by other animals; cf. Deuteronomy 14:21, where they are allowable for the alien and the foreigner, and Leviticus 11:39, where bathing is unmentioned. Evidently, such a light penalty would make it still possible for the poor to enjoy such a cheap class of food; cf. Exodus 22:31, where, as in Dt., no provision for purification is mentioned. Thus to the later law, H and P, the general prohibition of blood has partly lost its terrors; but to the modern Jew, tripha (torn) is the opposite of kosher (drained).