Leviticus

17 And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying:—

2 Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, and unto all the sons of Israel, and thou shalt say unto them,—This is the thing which Yahweh hath commanded, saying:

3 What man soever there be of the house of Israel, who slayeth an ox or lamb or goat in the camp,—or who slayeth it outside the camp;

4 and unto the entrance of the tent of meeting bringeth it not in, to present [it as] an oblation unto Yahweh, before the habitation of Yahweh, blood shall be imputed to that man—blood hath he shed, therefore shall that man be cut off from the midst of his people:

5 to the end that the sons of Israel may bring in their sacrifices which they are offering upon the face of the field, that they may bring them in unto Yahweh—unto the entrance of the tent of meeting unto the priest,—and that so as peace-offerings unto Yahweh they may offer them.

6 Then shall the priest dash the blood against the altar of Yahweh, at the entrance of the tent of meeting,—and shall make a perfume of the fat, as a satisfying odour unto Yahweh;

7 so shall they no more offer their sacrifices unto demons after whom they are unchastely going away,—a statute age-abiding shall this be to them unto their generations.

8 Wherefore unto them shalt thou say: What man soever there may be of the house of Israel, or of the sojourners that sojourn in their midst,—who causeth to go up an ascending-offering or a sacrifice;

9 and unto the entrance of the tent of meeting doth not bring it in, to offer it unto Yahweh, then shall that man be cut off from among his kinsfolk.

10 And what man soever there may be of the house of Israel, or of the sojourners that sojourn in their midst, that partaketh of any manner of blood, then will I set my face against the person that partaketh of the blood, and will cut him off from the midst of his people.

11 For, as for the life of the flesh, in the blood it is, therefore have I given it unto you upon the altar, to put a propitiatory-covering over your lives,—for the blood it is which by virtue of the life maketh propitiation.

12 For this cause have I said unto the sons of Israel, Not a person from among you shall partake of blood,—Even the sojourner that sojourneth in your midst shall not partake of blood.

13 And what man soever there may be of the sons of Israel, or of the sojourners that sojourn in their midst, who taketh by hunting any wild-beast or bird that may be eaten, then shall he pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust;

14 for as for the life of all flesh the blood thereof, for the life thereof standeth, therefore have I said unto the sons of Israel—Of the blood of no manner of flesh shall ye partake. For the life of all flesh is the blood thereof; whoso partaketh thereof shall be cut off.

15 And in the case of any person who eateth that which died of itself or was torn in pieces, whether he be home-born, or a sojourner, then shall he wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until the evening, and then be clean.

16 But if he wash them not, and his flesh he do not bathe, then shall he bear his iniquity.