Leviticus 17

¹And the Lord spoke to Moses , saying ,

²Speak 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 .

³If any one of the house of Israel kills an ox or a lamb or a goat in the camp , or kills it outside the camp ,

⁴and 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 man shall be cut off from among his people .

⁵This is to the end that the people of Israel may bring their sacrifices that they sacrifice 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 them as sacrifices of peace offerings to the Lord.

⁶And the priest shall throw the blood on the altar of the Lord at the entrance of the tent of meeting and burn the fat for a pleasing aroma to the Lord.

⁷So they shall no more sacrifice their sacrifices to goat demons , after whom they whore . This shall be a statute forever for them throughout their generations .

⁸And you shall say to them, Any one of the house of Israel , or of the strangers who sojourn among them, who offers a burnt offering or sacrifice

⁹and does not bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting to offer it to the Lord, that man shall be cut off from his people .

¹⁰If any one of the house of Israel or of the strangers who sojourn among them eats any blood , I will set my face against that person who eats blood and will cut him off from among his people .

¹¹For the life of the flesh is in the blood , and I have given it for you on the altar to make atonement for your souls , for it is the blood that makes atonement by the life .

¹²Therefore 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 .

¹³Any 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 shall pour out its blood and cover it with earth .

¹⁴For the life of every creature is its 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 .

¹⁵And every person who eats what dies of itself or what is torn by beasts, whether he is a native or a sojourner , shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening ; then he shall be clean .

¹⁶But if he does not wash them or bathe his flesh , he shall bear his iniquity .