﻿Leviticus.
Chapter 17.
The LORD spoke to Moses and said, 
“Speak to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites, and tell them, ‘This is what the LORD has commanded: 
If anyone from the house of Israel slaughters an ox, a sheep, or a goat inside the camp, or slaughters one outside the camp, 
and does not bring it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting to present it as an offering to the LORD before the LORD's tabernacle, bloodguilt shall be charged to that man. He has shed blood, and that man shall be cut off from among his people. 
This is so that the Israelites will bring their sacrifices, which they are sacrificing in the open field, and bring them to the LORD, to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, and sacrifice them as peace offerings to the LORD. 
The priest shall dash the blood against the LORD's altar at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and turn the fat into smoke as a pleasing aroma to the LORD. 
They must no longer offer their sacrifices to the goat demons, to which they prostitute themselves. This shall be a lasting statute for them throughout their generations.’ 
You must also tell them, ‘If anyone from the house of Israel or from the foreigners residing among them offers a burnt offering or a sacrifice 
and does not bring it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting to offer it to the LORD, that man shall be cut off from his people. 
If anyone from the house of Israel or from the foreigners residing among them eats any blood, I will set my face against the person who eats the blood and cut that person off from among his people. 
For 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, for it is the blood that makes atonement by virtue of the life. 
That is why I told the Israelites, “None of you may eat blood, and no foreigner residing among you may eat blood.” 
If anyone among the Israelites or the foreigners residing among them hunts an animal or a bird that may be eaten, he must pour out its blood and cover it with earth. 
For, as for the life of all flesh, its blood is its life. I told the Israelites, “You must not eat the blood of any flesh, for the life of all flesh is its blood.” Whoever eats it shall be cut off. 
Anyone who eats an animal that died or was torn apart, whether native-born or a foreigner, must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening; then he shall be clean. 
But if he does not wash his clothes or bathe his body, he shall bear his guilt.’” 
