Leviticus 3:17

King James Version (public domain)

Traditionally attributed to Moses · c. 13th century BC · The Pentateuch — Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy — is traditionally attributed to him

It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.

Given as part of the instructions for Israel's peace offerings.

Context

15And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away.

16And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet savour: all the fat is the LORD’s.

17It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.