Midrash for Chullin 70:45
אבל דם שחיטה מאי לא מכשיר
Because it i written: And drink the blood of the slain.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. XXIII, 24. The use of the verb, 'drink', in connection with blood signifies that it is regarded like other liquids and therefore will render foodstuffs susceptible to uncleanness.');"><sup>16</sup></span>
Sifrei Devarim
"On the earth shall you spill it as water": Just as it is permitted to derive benefit from water, it is permitted to derive benefit from blood — Just as water renders seed susceptible (of incurring tumah), so, blood. Just as water need not be covered, so blood (that of a disqualified offering which has been slaughtered) need not be covered.
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