Leviticus 17

Blood for Atonement

17AND THE Lord said to Moses,H3068H1696H4872H5592Tell Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites, This is what the Lord has commanded:H1696H175H1121H1121H3478H559H1697H3068H6680H5593If any man of the house of Israel kills an ox or lamb or goat in the camp or kills it outside the campH376H376H1004H3478H7819H7794H3775H5795H4264H7819H2351H42644And does not bring it to the door of the Tent of Meeting to offer it as an offering to the Lord before the Lord's tabernacle, [guilt for shedding] blood shall be imputed to that man; he has shed blood and shall be cut off from among his people.H935H6607H168H4150H7126H7133H3068H6440H4908H3068H1818H2803H376H8210H1818H376H3772H7130H59715This is so that the Israelites, rather than offer their sacrifices [to idols] in the open field [where they slew them], may bring them to the Lord at the door of the Tent of Meeting, to the priest, to offer them as peace offerings to the Lord.H1121H3478H935H2077H2076H6440H7704H935H3068H6607H168H4150H3548H2076H8002H2077H30686And the priest shall dash the blood on the altar of the Lord at the door of the Tent of Meeting and burn the fat for a sweet {and} satisfying fragrance to the Lord.H3548H2236H1818H4196H3068H6607H168H4150H6999H2459H5207H7381H30687So they shall no more offer their sacrifices to goatlike gods {or} demons {or} field spirits after which they have played the harlot. This shall be a statute forever to them throughout their generations.H2076H2077H8163H310H2181H2708H5769H17558And you shall say to them, Whoever of the house of Israel or of the strangers who dwell temporarily among you offers a burnt offering or sacrificeH559H376H1004H3478H1616H1481H8432H5927H5930H20779And does not bring it to the door of the Tent of Meeting to offer it to the Lord shall be cut off from among his people.H935H6607H168H4150H6213H3068H376H3772H597110Any one of the house of Israel or of the strangers who dwell temporarily among them who eats any kind of blood, against that person I will set My face and I will cut him off from among his people [that he may not be included in the atonement made for them].H376H1004H3478H1616H1481H8432H398H1818H5414H6440H5315H398H1818H3772H7130H597111For the life (the animal soul) is in the blood, and I have given it for you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood that makes atonement, by reason of the life [which it represents].H5315H1320H1818H5414H4196H3722H5315H1818H3722H531512Therefore I have said to the Israelites, No person among you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger who dwells temporarily among you eat blood.H559H1121H3478H5315H398H1818H1616H1481H8432H398H181813And any of the Israelites or of the strangers who sojourn among them who takes in hunting any clean beast or bird shall pour out its blood and cover it with dust.H376H1121H3478H1616H1481H8432H6679H6718H2416H5775H398H8210H1818H3680H608314As for the life of all flesh, the blood of it represents the life of it; therefore I said to the Israelites, You shall partake of the blood of no kind of flesh, for the life of all flesh is its blood. Whoever eats of it shall be cut off.H5315H1320H1818H5315H559H1121H3478H398H1818H1320H5315H1320H1818H398H377215And every person who eats what dies of itself or was torn by beasts, whether he is native-born or a temporary resident, shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until evening; then shall he be clean.H5315H398H5038H2966H249H1616H3526H899H7364H4325H2930H6153H289116But if he does not wash his clothes or bathe his body, he shall bear his own iniquity [for it shall not be borne by the sacrifice of atonement].H3526H7364H1320H5375H5771