1 And 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. 3 If any one of the house of Israelu[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, 4 andvver. 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 manw[Ex. 30:33] shall be cut off from among his people. 5 This is to the end that the people of Israel may bring their sacrifices that they sacrificexch. 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 themych. 1:5 as sacrifices of peace offerings to the Lord. 6 And the priest shally[See ver. 5 above] throw the blood on the altar of the Lord at the entrance of the tent of meeting and burn the fatzSee Gen. 8:21 for a pleasing aroma to the Lord. 7 So they shall no more sacrifice their sacrifices to goat demons, after whom theyaSee Ex. 34:15 whore. 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, whobch. 1:2, 3 offers a burnt offering or sacrifice 9 andcver. 4 does not bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting to offer it to the Lord,w[See ver. 4 above] that man shall be cut off from his people.
10 If any one of the house of Israel or of the strangers who sojourn among themdSee ch. 3:17 eats any blood, I willech. 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 fver. 14 For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it for you on the altarg[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,hHeb. 9:22 for it is the blood that makes atonement by the life. 12 Therefore 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 shalliDeut. 12:16, 24; 15:23 pour out its blood andjEzek. 24:7 cover it with earth. 14 For the life of every creature is itskver. 11; See Gen. 9:4 blood: its blood is 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 lSee ch. 22:8 And every person who eats what dies of itself or what is torn by beasts,mSee ch. 16:29 whether he is a native or a sojourner,nSee ch. 11:25 shall wash his clothes andoch. 15:5 bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening; then he shall be clean. 16 But if he does not wash them or bathe his flesh,p[Num. 19:20]; See ch. 5:1 he shall bear his iniquity. ”