But you must not eat meat with its life (that is, its blood) in it.

“Whoever sheds human blood, by other humans must his blood be shed; for in God’s image God has made humankind.”

Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is there if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?

Reuben said to them, “Didn’t I say to you, ‘Don’t sin against the boy,’ but you wouldn’t listen? So now we must pay for shedding his blood!”