Leviticus 17

¹ And JehovahJehovah speakethspeaketh unto MosesMoses, saying,

² `SpeakSpeak unto AaronAaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the sons of IsraelIsrael; and thou hast saidsaid unto them, This [is] the thing which JehovahJehovah hath commandedcommanded, saying,

³ Any man of theman of the househouse of IsraelIsrael who slaughtereth ox, or lamb, or goatgoat, in the campcamp, or who slaughtereth at the outside of the campcamp,

⁴ and unto the openingopening of the tenttent of meeting hath not brought it in to bringbring nearnear an offering to JehovahJehovah beforebefore the tabernacletabernacle of JehovahJehovah, bloodblood is reckoned to that manman -- bloodblood he hath shed -- and that manman hath been cut offcut off from the midst of his peoplepeople;

⁵ so that the sons of Israelsons of Israel do bringbring in their sacrifices which they are sacrificing on the faceface of the fieldfield, yea, they have brought them in to JehovahJehovah, unto the openingopening of the tenttent of meeting, unto the priest, and they have sacrificed sacrifices of peacepeace-offeringsofferings to JehovahJehovah with them.

⁶ `And the priest hath sprinkled the bloodblood upon the altaraltar of JehovahJehovah, at the openingopening of the tenttent of meeting, and hath made perfume with the fatfat for sweetsweet fragrancefragrance to JehovahJehovah;

⁷ and they sacrifice not any more their sacrifices to goatsgoats afterafter which they are going a-whoring; a statute age-during is this to them, to their generationsgenerations.

⁸ `And unto them thou sayestsayest: Any man of theman of the househouse of IsraelIsrael, or of the sojournerssojourners, who sojournethsojourneth in your midstmidst, who causeth burnt-offering or sacrifice to ascend,

⁹ and unto the openingopening of the tenttent of meeting doth not bringbring it in to make it to JehovahJehovah -- that manman hath been cut offcut off from his peoplepeople.

¹⁰ `And any man of theman of the househouse of IsraelIsrael, or of the sojournerssojourners, who is sojourningsojourning in your midstmidst, who eateth any bloodblood, I have even set My faceface against the personperson who is eatingeating the bloodblood, and have cut him off from the midstmidst of his peoplepeople;

¹¹ for the life of the fleshflesh is in the bloodblood, and I have givengiven it to you on the altaraltar, to make atonement for your soulssouls; for it [is] the bloodblood which maketh atonement for the soulsoul.

¹² `Therefore I have saidsaid to the sons of Israelsons of Israel, No person among you doth eateat bloodblood, and the sojournersojourner who is sojourningsojourning in your midstmidst doth not eateat bloodblood;

¹³ and any man of theman of the sons of Israelsons of Israel, or of the sojournerssojourners, who is sojourningsojourning in your midstmidst, who huntethhunteth venisonvenison, beast or fowlfowl, which is eateneaten -- hath even poured out its bloodblood, and hath coveredcovered it with dustdust;

¹⁴ for [it is] the life of all fleshflesh, its bloodblood is for its life; and I saysay to the sons of Israelsons of Israel, bloodblood of any fleshflesh ye do not eateat, for the life of all fleshflesh is its bloodblood; any one eatingeating it is cut offcut off.

¹⁵ `And any person who eateth a carcasecarcase or torntorn thing, among natives or among sojournerssojourners -- hath both washedwashed his garmentsgarments, and hath bathedbathed with waterwater, and hath been uncleanunclean until the eveningevening -- then he hath been clean;

¹⁶ and if he washwash not, and his fleshflesh bathebathe not -- then he hath borne his iniquityiniquity.'