Leviticus 17
17
Prohibitions against Eating Blood
1Then the Lord said to Moses, 2“Give the following instructions to Aaron and his sons and all the people of Israel. This is what the Lord has commanded.
3“If any native Israelite sacrifices a bull#17:3 Or cow. or a lamb or a goat anywhere inside or outside the camp 4instead of bringing it to the entrance of the Tabernacle#17:4a Hebrew Tent of Meeting; also in 17:5, 6, 9. to present it as an offering to the Lord, that person will be as guilty as a murderer.#17:4b Hebrew will be guilty of blood. Such a person has shed blood and will be cut off from the community. 5The purpose of this rule is to stop the Israelites from sacrificing animals in the open fields. It will ensure that they bring their sacrifices to the priest at the entrance of the Tabernacle, so he can present them to the Lord as peace offerings. 6Then the priest will be able to splatter the blood against the Lord’s altar at the entrance of the Tabernacle, and he will burn the fat as a pleasing aroma to the Lord. 7The people must no longer be unfaithful to the Lord by offering sacrifices to the goat idols.#17:7 Or goat demons. This is a permanent law for them, to be observed from generation to generation.
8“Give them this command as well. If any native Israelite or foreigner living among you offers a burnt offering or a sacrifice 9but does not bring it to the entrance of the Tabernacle to offer it to the Lord, that person will be cut off from the community.
10“And if any native Israelite or foreigner living among you eats or drinks blood in any form, I will turn against that person and cut him off from the community of your people, 11for the life of the body is in its blood. I have given you the blood on the altar to purify you, making you right with the Lord.#17:11 Or to make atonement for you. It is the blood, given in exchange for a life, that makes purification possible. 12That is why I have said to the people of Israel, ‘You must never eat or drink blood—neither you nor the foreigners living among you.’
13“And if any native Israelite or foreigner living among you goes hunting and kills an animal or bird that is approved for eating, he must drain its blood and cover it with earth. 14The life of every creature is in its blood. That is why I have said to the people of Israel, ‘You must never eat or drink blood, for the life of any creature is in its blood.’ So whoever consumes blood will be cut off from the community.
15“And if any native-born Israelites or foreigners eat the meat of an animal that died naturally or was torn up by wild animals, they must wash their clothes and bathe themselves in water. They will remain ceremonially unclean until evening, but then they will be clean. 16But if they do not wash their clothes and bathe themselves, they will be punished for their sin.”
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Leviticus 17
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The Place of Sacrifice
1And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2“Speak to Aaron and his sons and to all the people of Israel and say to them, This is the thing that the Lord has commanded. 3If any one of the house of Israel #[Deut. 12:5, 6, 13-15, 21]kills an ox or a lamb or a goat in the camp, or kills it outside the camp, 4and #ver. 9 does not bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting to offer it as a gift to the Lord in front of the tabernacle of the Lord, bloodguilt shall be imputed to that man. He has shed blood, and that man #[Ex. 30:33]shall be cut off from among his people. 5This is to the end that the people of Israel may bring their sacrifices that they sacrifice #ch. 14:7, 53 in the open field, that they may bring them to the Lord, to the priest at the entrance of the tent of meeting, and sacrifice them #ch. 1:5as sacrifices of peace offerings to the Lord. 6And the priest shall #[See ver. 5 above] throw the blood on the altar of the Lord at the entrance of the tent of meeting and burn the fat #See Gen. 8:21for a pleasing aroma to the Lord. 7So they shall no more sacrifice their sacrifices to goat demons, after whom they #See Ex. 34:15whore. This shall be a statute forever for them throughout their generations.
8“And you shall say to them, Any one of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who sojourn among them, who #ch. 1:2, 3offers a burnt offering or sacrifice 9and #ver. 4 does not bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting to offer it to the Lord, #[See ver. 4 above]that man shall be cut off from his people.
Laws Against Eating Blood
10“If any one of the house of Israel or of the strangers who sojourn among them #See ch. 3:17 eats any blood, I will #ch. 20:3, 6; 26:17; Jer. 44:11; Ezek. 14:8; 15:7; [Ps. 34:16]set my face against that person who eats blood and will cut him off from among his people. 11#ver. 14 For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it for you on the altar #[Matt. 26:28; Mark 14:24; Rom. 3:25; 5:9; Eph. 1:7; Col. 1:14, 20; Heb. 13:12; 1 John 1:7; Rev. 1:5] to make atonement for your souls, #Heb. 9:22for it is the blood that makes atonement by the life. 12Therefore I have said to the people of Israel, No person among you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger who sojourns among you eat blood.
13“Any one also of the people of Israel, or of the strangers who sojourn among them, who takes in hunting any beast or bird that may be eaten shall #Deut. 12:16, 24; 15:23 pour out its blood and #Ezek. 24:7cover it with earth. 14For the life of every creature#17:14 Hebrew all flesh is its #ver. 11; See Gen. 9:4blood: its blood is its life.#17:14 Hebrew it is in its life Therefore I have said to the people of Israel, You shall not eat the blood of any creature, for the life of every creature is its blood. Whoever eats it shall be cut off. 15#See ch. 22:8 And every person who eats what dies of itself or what is torn by beasts, #See ch. 16:29 whether he is a native or a sojourner, #See ch. 11:25 shall wash his clothes and #ch. 15:5bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening; then he shall be clean. 16But if he does not wash them or bathe his flesh, #[Num. 19:20]; See ch. 5:1he shall bear his iniquity.”
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