1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,2Speak 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,3Any man from the house of Israel who slaughters cattle or a sheep or a goat in the camp, or who slaughters outside the camp,4And he does not bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting to present an offering to the LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD, that man shall have blood counted against him; he has shed blood, and that man shall be cut off from among his people.5This is so that the sons of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they sacrifice in the open field, and bring them to the LORD at the entrance of the tent of meeting, to the priest, and sacrifice them as peace offerings to the LORD.6The priest shall splash the blood on the altar of the LORD at the entrance of the tent of meeting and shall burn the fat as a pleasing aroma to the LORD.7They shall no longer sacrifice their sacrifices to the goat demons after whom they prostitute themselves. This shall be a permanent statute for them throughout their generations.8And you shall say to them: Any man from the house of Israel or from the sojourner who sojourns among them who offers a burnt offering or a sacrifice9and 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.10Any man from the sons of Israel or from the sojourner who sojourns among them who eats any blood, I will set my face against the person who eats the blood and will cut that person off from among his people.11For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your lives, because it is the blood that makes atonement by means of the life.12Therefore I have said to the sons of Israel: No person among you shall eat blood, and no sojourner who sojourns among you shall eat blood.13Any man from the sons of Israel or from the sojourner who sojourns among them who hunts game or a bird that may be eaten shall pour out its blood and cover it with dust.14For the life of all flesh is its blood; therefore I have said to the sons of Israel: You shall not eat the blood of any flesh, because the life of all flesh is its blood; whoever eats it shall be cut off.15Every person who eats what dies of itself or what is torn by beasts, whether native or sojourner, shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening; then he shall be clean.16But if he does not wash his clothes and does not bathe his body, he shall bear his iniquity.