Leviticus 17

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The Place of Sacrifice

¹Then the LORD said to Moses,

¹And YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,

²“Speak to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites and tell them this is what the LORD has commanded:

²“Speak to Aaron and to his sons and to all the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them: This is the word that YHWH has commanded, saying,

³‘Anyone from the house of Israel who slaughters an ox,^a a lamb, or a goat in the camp or outside of it

³‘Any man of the house of Israel who slaughters an ox or lamb or goat in the camp, or who slaughters it outside of the camp,

⁴instead of bringing it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting to present it as an offering to the LORD before His tabernacle—that man shall incur bloodguilt. He has shed blood and must be cut off from among his people.

⁴and does not bring it to the door of the Tent of Meeting to bring it near as an offering to YHWH before the face of the tabernacle of YHWH—blood shall be reckoned to that man; he has shed blood, and that man shall be cut off from among his people,

⁵For this reason the Israelites will bring to the LORD the sacrifices they have been offering in the open fields. They are to bring them to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and offer them as sacrifices of peace offerings to the LORD.

⁵in order that the sons of Israel bring their sacrifices, which they are sacrificing upon the face of the field, and bring them to YHWH, to the door of the Tent of Meeting, to the priest, and sacrifice them as sacrifices of peace offerings to YHWH.

⁶The priest will then splatter the blood on the altar of the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and burn the fat as a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

⁶And the priest shall sprinkle the blood on the altar of YHWH at the door of the Tent of Meeting, and he shall burn the fat for a pleasing aroma to YHWH.

⁷They must no longer offer their sacrifices to the goat demons^a to which they have prostituted themselves. This will be a permanent statute for them for the generations to come.’

⁷And they shall no longer sacrifice their sacrifices to the goat demons after whom they have prostituted themselves. This shall be an everlasting statute for them throughout their generations.’

⁸Tell them that if anyone from the house of Israel or any foreigner living among them offers a burnt offering or a sacrifice

⁸And you shall say to them: Any man from the house of Israel, and from the sojourners who sojourn in their midst, who brings near a burnt offering or a sacrifice

⁹but does not bring it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting to sacrifice it to the LORD, that man must be cut off from his people.

⁹and does not bring it to the door of the Tent of Meeting to do it to YHWH—then that man shall be cut off from his people.

Laws against Eating Blood

¹⁰If anyone from the house of Israel or a foreigner living among them eats any blood, I will set My face against that person and cut him off from among his people.

¹⁰And any man from the house of Israel, and from the sojourner who is sojourning in their midst, who eats any blood, I will set My face against the soul who is eating the blood, and I will cut him off from among his people.

¹¹For the life^a of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for your souls upon the altar; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.

¹¹For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement upon your souls; for it is the blood that makes atonement by the soul.

¹²Therefore I say to the Israelites, ‘None of you may eat blood, nor may any foreigner living among you eat blood.’

¹²Upon thus I said to the sons of Israel, ‘Not any soul among you shall eat blood, and the sojourner who is sojourning in your midst shall not eat blood.’

¹³And if any Israelite or foreigner living among them hunts down a wild animal or bird that may be eaten, he must drain its blood and cover it with dirt.

¹³And any man, from the sons of Israel and from the sojourner who is sojourning in your midst, who hunts living game or bird that may be eaten, then he shall pour out its blood, and he shall cover it with dust.

¹⁴For the life of all flesh is its blood. Therefore I have told the Israelites, ‘You must not eat the blood of any living thing, because the life of all flesh is its blood; whoever eats it must be cut off.’

¹⁴For the soul of all flesh is its blood; in its soul it is. And I said to the sons of Israel, ‘Blood of any flesh you shall not eat, for the soul of all flesh is its blood; all who eat it shall be cut off.’

¹⁵And any person, whether native or foreigner, who eats anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening; then he will be clean.

¹⁵And any soul who eats a carcass or torn thing, among the native and among the sojourner, he shall both wash his clothes, and he shall bathe in the water, and he shall be unclean until the evening; then he shall be clean.

¹⁶But if he does not wash his clothes and bathe himself, then he shall bear his iniquity.”

¹⁶And if he does not wash them and does not bathe his flesh, then he shall bear his iniquity.”