Jehovah, wea givim iumi laef, mekem law wea sei man no fit for kaikaim blood. (Genesis 9:3, 4) Long Law for Israel bifor, God stopem olketa for iusim blood olabaot bikos hem piksarem laef. Hem talem: “Soul [or laef] bilong flesh hem insaed long blood, and miseleva nao putim antap long altar for iufala for kavarem sin bilong soul bilong iufala.” Waswe sapos wanfala man killim wanfala animal for kaikai? God hem sei: “Hem mas pourimaot blood bilong hem [animal] and kavarem witim dust.”a (Leviticus 17:11, 13) Jehovah repeatim disfala komand planti taem. (Deuteronomy 12:16, 24; 15:23) Jewish Soncino Chumash talem: “Mas no keepim eni blood bat mas mekem kamap nogud for iusim long wei for pourimaot long graon.” No eni man long Israel savve kasem, keepim, and iusim blood bilong nara laef, from laef bilong datwan hem bilong God.

Samfala taem, wanfala doctor maet askem wanfala sikman for givim samfala blood bilong hemseleva tu-thri week bifor hem kasem operation (preoperative autologous blood donation, or PAD) mekem sapos need hem kamap, hem savve givim blood transfusion long sikman witim blood wea hem givim finis. Bat, wei for hipimap, keepim, and givim blood transfusion hem againstim toktok wea stap long Leviticus and Deuteronomy. Hem no fitim for keepim blood; hem shud pourimaot—olsem hem go bak long God. Hem tru, Law Bilong Moses no go ahed long disfala taem. Nomata olsem, Olketa Jehovah’s Witness respectim olketa principle wea stap insaed, and olketa disaed strong for ‘stap klia from blood.’ Dastawe, iumi no givim blood, and iumi no keepim blood for transfusion from hem shud ‘pourimaot.’ Kaen wei olsem hem againstim law bilong God.