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And the Lord spoke to Moses , saying:
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Speak to Aaron and his sons, and to all the children of Israel , saying to them: This is the word , which the Lord hath commanded , saying:
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Any man whosoever of the house of Israel if he kill an ox, or a sheep, or a goat in the camp , or without the camp ,
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And offer it not at the door of the tabernacle an oblation to the Lord , shall be guilty of blood : as if he had shed blood , so shall he perish from the midst of his people .
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Therefore the children of Israel shall bring to the priest their victims, which they kill in the field , that they may be sanctified to the Lord before the door of the tabernacle of the testimony, and they may sacrifice them for peace offerings to the Lord .
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And the priest shall pour the blood upon the altar of the Lord , at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony, and shall burn the fat for a sweet odour to the Lord .
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And they shall no more sacrifice their victims to devils, with whom they have committed fornication . It shall be an ordinance for ever to them and to their posterity.
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And thou shalt say to them: The man of the house of Israel , and of the strangers who sojourn among you, that offereth a holocaust or a victim,
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And bringeth it not to the door of the tabernacle of the testimony, that it may be offered to the Lord , shall perish from among his people .
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If any man whosoever of the house of Israel , and of the strangers that sojourn among them, eat blood , I will set my face against his soul , and will cut him off from among his people :
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Because the life of the flesh is in the blood : and I have given it to you, that you may make atonement with it upon the altar for your souls , and the blood may be for an expiation of the soul .
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Therefore I have said to the children of Israel : No soul of you, nor of the strangers that sojourn among you, shall eat blood .
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Any man whosoever of the children of Israel , and of the strangers that sojourn among you, if by hunting or fowling, he take a wild beast or a bird , which is lawful to eat , let him pour out its blood , and cover it with earth.
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For the life of all flesh is in the blood : therefore I said to the children of Israel : You shall not eat the blood of any flesh at all, because the life of the flesh is in the blood , and whosoever eateth it, shall be cut off .
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The soul that eateth that which died of itself, or has been caught by a beast, whether he be one of your own country or a stranger, shall wash his clothes and himself with water , and shall be defiled until the evening : and in this manner he shall be made clean.
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But if he do not wash his clothes, and his body, he shall bear his iniquity .