The Method Never VariesWhatever the culture, the procedure is the same four steps. Kill the animal. Drain the blood, which is reserved for the deity and never for the people. Burn certain parts so the smoke rises. Eat of the remains.Leviticus 17:11 states the mechanism outright — the life of the flesh is in the blood. Blood is the medium. The altar is the conduit. The smoke is the delivery. And the texts are candid about what arrives. In Gilgamesh the gods gather over the sacrifice smoke like flies. Hebrew keeps the joke: Beelzebub, Lord of the Flies, is a pun on Baal.