1 Yahweh 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 Yahweh has commanded, 3 Whatever man there is of the house of
Israel, who kills an ox, 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 Yahweh before the tabernacle of
Yahweh: blood shall be imputed to that man. He has shed blood; and 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 Yahweh, to the door of the Tent of
Meeting, to the priest, and sacrifice them for sacrifices of peace offerings
to Yahweh. 6 The priest shall sprinkle the blood on the altar of Yahweh at
the door of the Tent of Meeting, and burn the fat for a sweet savor to
Yahweh. 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 Yahweh; 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; and 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 shall eat blood, neither shall 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, he 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.’”
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