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17 The Lord spoke to Moses, 2 “Speak to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites, and tell them, ‘This is the word that the Lord has commanded, 3 “Blood guilt[a] will be accounted to any man[b] from the house of Israel[c] who slaughters an ox or a lamb or a goat inside the camp or outside the camp,[d] 4 but has not brought it to the entrance of the Meeting Tent[e] to present it as[f] an offering to the Lord before the tabernacle of the Lord. He has shed blood, so that man will be cut off from the midst of his people.[g] 5 This is so that[h] the Israelites will bring their sacrifices that they are sacrificing in the open field[i] to the Lord at the entrance of the Meeting Tent—to the priest—and sacrifice them there as peace-offering sacrifices to the Lord. 6 The priest is to splash[j] the blood on the altar[k] of the Lord at the entrance of the Meeting Tent, and offer the fat up in smoke for a soothing aroma to the Lord. 7 So the people[l] must no longer offer[m] their sacrifices to the goat demons,[n] acting like prostitutes by going after them.[o] This is to be a perpetual statute for them throughout their generations.”’[p]
8 “You are to say to them: ‘Any man[q] from the house of Israel or[r] from the resident foreigners who live[s] in their[t] midst, who offers[u] a burnt offering or a sacrifice 9 but does not bring it to the entrance of the Meeting Tent to offer it[v] to the Lord—that person will be cut off from his people.[w]
10 “‘Any man[x] from the house of Israel or from the resident foreigners who live[y] in their[z] midst who eats any blood, I will set my face against that person who eats the blood, and I will cut him off from the midst of his people,[aa] 11 for the life of every living thing[ab] is in the blood.[ac] So I myself have assigned it to you[ad] on the altar to make atonement for your lives, for the blood makes atonement by means of the life.[ae] 12 Therefore, I have said to the Israelites: No person among you is to eat blood,[af] and no resident foreigner[ag] who lives among you is to eat blood.
13 “‘Any man from the Israelites[ah] or from the resident foreigners[ai] who live in their[aj] midst who hunts a wild animal[ak] or a bird that may be eaten[al] must pour out its blood and cover it with soil, 14 for the life of all flesh is its blood.[am] So I have said to the Israelites: You must not eat the blood of any living thing[an] because the life of every living thing is its blood—all who eat it will be cut off.[ao]
15 “‘Any person[ap] who eats an animal that has died of natural causes[aq] or an animal torn by beasts, whether a native citizen or a resident foreigner,[ar] must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening; then he will be clean. 16 But if he does not wash his clothes[as] and does not bathe his body, he will bear his punishment for his iniquity.’”[at]