17:1 The LORD spoke to Moses saying: 17:2 “Speak to Aaron, his sons, and all the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘This is the word which the LORD has commanded saying: 17:3 “Any man¹ from the house of Israel² who slaughters an ox or a lamb or a goat inside the camp or outside the camp,³ 17:4 but has not brought it to the doorway of the Tent of Meeting⁴ to present it as⁵ an offering to the LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD, blood-guilt⁶ will be accounted to that man; he has shed blood, so that man will be cut off from the midst of his people.⁷ 17:5 This is so that⁸ the children of Israel will bring their sacrifices which they are sacrificing in the open field⁹—that they will bring them to the LORD at the doorway of the Tent of Meeting to the priest and sacrifice them as peace offering sacrifices to the LORD. 17:6 The priest is to splash the blood on the altar¹⁰ of the LORD at the doorway of the Tent of Meeting, and offer the fat up in smoke for a soothing aroma to the LORD. 17:7 So they must no longer sacrifice their sacrifices to the goat-demons,¹¹ acting like prostitutes by going after them.¹² This is to be a perpetual statute for them throughout their generations.¹³

17:8 “‘“You are to say to them: ‘Any man¹⁴ from the house of Israel or¹⁵ from the foreigner who resides¹⁶ in their¹⁷ midst, who offers¹⁸ a burnt offering or a sacrifice 17:9 but does not bring it to the doorway of the Tent of Meeting to offer it¹⁹ to the LORD—that man will be cut off from his people.²⁰

17:10 “‘“‘Any man²¹ from the house of Israel or from the foreigners who reside²² in their²³ midst who eats any blood, I will set my face against that person who eats the blood, and I will cut him off from the midst of his people,²⁴ 17:11 for the life of the flesh is in the blood.²⁵ So I myself have assigned it to you²⁶ on the altar to make atonement for your lives, for the blood makes atonement by means of the life.²⁷ 17:12 Therefore, I have said to the children of Israel: no person among you is to eat blood,²⁸ and no foreigner who resides in your midst is to eat blood.²⁹

17:13 “‘“‘Any man from the children of Israel³⁰ or from the foreigners who reside³¹ in their³² midst who hunts a wild animal³³ or a bird that may be eaten³⁴ must pour out its blood and cover it with soil, 17:14 for the life of all flesh—its blood is its life.³⁵ So I have said to the children of Israel: the blood of all flesh you must not eat because the life of all flesh is its blood—all who eat it will be cut off.³⁶

17:15 “‘“‘Any person³⁷ who eats a carcass³⁸ or an animal torn by beasts, whether a native citizen or a foreigner,³⁹ must wash his clothes, bathe in water, be unclean until evening, and then become clean. 17:16 But if he does not wash his clothes⁴⁰ and does not bathe his body, he will bear his punishment for iniquity.’”’”⁴¹