The prohibition to eat blood is repeated in seven places in the Pentateuch, but in this pa age, two distinct grounds are given for the prohibition:…

For it is the life of all flesh ... — A better rendering is, for the soul of all flesh is its blood, in, or through, its soul. Th…

For [it is] the life of all flesh
Of every animal:

the blood of it [is] for the life thereof…

Here is a confirmation of the law against eating blood. They were not to eat any blood. However, this law was ceremonial and is now no longer in fo…