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1 The
LORD spoke to
Moses, saying,
2 “Speak
to Aaron, and to
his sons, and
to all the
children of Israel,
and say to
them, ‘This is
the thing which
the LORD has
commanded:
3 Whatever man there
is of the
house of Israel
who kills a
bull, or lamb,
or goat in
the camp, or
who kills it
outside the camp,
4 and hasn’t
brought it to
the door of
the Tent of
Meeting to offer
it as an
offering to the
LORD before the
LORD’s tabernacle:
blood shall be
imputed to that
man. He has
shed blood. That
man shall be
cut off from
among his people.
5 This
is to the
end that the
children of Israel
may bring their
sacrifices, which
they sacrifice in
the open field,
that they may bring
them to the
LORD, to the
door of the Tent
of Meeting, to
the priest, and
sacrifice them for
sacrifices of
peace offerings to
the LORD.
6 The
priest shall
sprinkle the blood
on the LORD’s
altar at the
door of the Tent
of Meeting, and
burn the fat
for a pleasant
aroma to the
LORD.
7 They
shall no more
sacrifice their
sacrifices to the
goat idols, after
which they play
the prostitute.
This shall be
a statute forever
to them throughout
their generations.’
8 “You
shall say to
them, ‘Any man
there is of
the house of
Israel, or of
the strangers who
live as foreigners
among them, who
offers a burnt
offering or
sacrifice,
9 and doesn’t
bring it to
the door of
the Tent of
Meeting to
sacrifice it to
the LORD, that man
shall be cut
off from his
people.
10 “ ‘Any
man of the
house of Israel,
or of the
strangers who live
as foreigners
among them,
who eats any kind
of blood, I
will set my
face against that
soul who eats
blood, and will
cut him off
from among his
people.
11 For
the life of
the flesh is
in the blood.
I have given
it to you
on the altar
to make atonement
for your souls;
for it is
the blood that
makes atonement by
reason of the
life.
12 Therefore
I have said
to the children
of Israel, “No
person among you
may eat blood, nor
may any stranger
who lives as
a foreigner among
you eat blood.”
13 “ ‘Whatever
man there is
of the children
of Israel, or
of the strangers
who live as
foreigners among
them, who takes in
hunting any animal
or bird that
may be eaten, he
shall pour out
its blood, and
cover it with
dust.
14 For
as to the
life of all
flesh, its blood
is with its
life. Therefore
I said to the
children of Israel,
“You shall not eat
the blood of
any kind of flesh;
for the life
of all flesh
is its blood.
Whoever eats it
shall be cut
off.”
15 “ ‘Every
person that eats
what dies of
itself, or that
which is torn
by animals, whether he
is native-born or
a foreigner, shall
wash his clothes,
and bathe himself
in water, and
be unclean until
the evening. Then
he shall be
clean.
16 But if
he doesn’t wash
them, or bathe
his flesh, then
he shall bear
his iniquity.’ ”