Chapter 17
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And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying.
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Speak to Aaron and to his sons and to all the sons of Israel, and say to them: "This is the word that the LORD has commanded, saying,"
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Any man from the house of Israel who slaughters a bull or a lamb or a goat in the camp, or who slaughters outside the camp:
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And he did not bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting to present it as a sacrifice to the LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD; blood shall be reckoned to that man—blood he has shed—and that man shall be cut off from the midst of his people.
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so that the sons of Israel bring their sacrifices, which they are sacrificing on the face of the field, and bring them to the LORD at the entrance of the tent of meeting to the priest, and sacrifice them as sacrifices of peace offerings to the LORD.
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And the priest shall dash the blood on the altar of the LORD at the entrance of the tent of meeting, and he shall make the fat smoke as a soothing aroma to the LORD.
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And they shall no longer sacrifice their sacrifices to their goat-demons, which they whore after. It shall be a statute forever, this to them for their generations.
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And you shall say to them: Any man, any man from the house of Israel or from the stranger who sojourns in your midst, who offers a burnt offering or sacrifice,
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And he shall not bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting to do it for the LORD, and that man shall be cut off from his people.
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And any man from the house of Israel and from the stranger, the stranger in their midst, who eats any blood—I will set my face against that nephesh who eats the blood, and I will cut it off from the midst of its people.
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For the nephesh of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your nepheshot; for it is the blood that makes atonement by the nephesh.
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Therefore I said to the sons of Israel: No nephesh of yours shall eat blood, nor shall the sojourner, the sojourner in your midst, eat blood.
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And any man from the sons of Israel, or from the stranger—the stranger in their midst—who hunts game, a beast or bird that is eaten, shall pour out its blood and cover it with dust.
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for the life of all flesh, its blood is in its life. And I said to the sons of Israel, "You shall not eat the blood of all flesh, for the life of all flesh, its blood is. Everyone eating it will be cut off."
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And every nephesh that eats a carcass or torn animal, whether citizen or sojourner, shall wash his garments and bathe in water, and be ritually impure until evening; then he shall be ritually pure.
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And if he does not wash them and does not bathe his flesh, then he bears his iniquity.