And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak 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. If 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, and 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. This 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. And 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. So 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.
“And 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 and 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.
“If 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.
For 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. Therefore 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.
“Any 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. For 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. And 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. But
if he does not wash them or bathe his flesh, he shall bear his
iniquity.”
