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Taking care of the sacrifices and of the blood
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Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
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Speak to Aaron and to his sons and to all the children of Israel, and say to them, This is what Jehovah has commanded, saying,
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Anyone of the house of Israel who slaughters an ox or a sheep or a goat within the camp, or who slaughters
it outside the camp,
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And has not
abrought it to the
1entrance of the Tent of Meeting to present
it as an offering to Jehovah before the tabernacle of Jehovah, that man shall be accounted as guilty of bloodshed. He has shed blood, and that man shall be
2cut off from among his people.
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This is so that the children of Israel will bring their sacrifices which they sacrifice in the open field, that they will bring them to Jehovah at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting to the priest and sacrifice them as sacrifices of
1apeace offerings to Jehovah.
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And the priest shall
1asprinkle the blood on the altar of Jehovah at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting and burn the fat for a satisfying fragrance to Jehovah.
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And they shall
1no more sacrifice their
asacrifices to the goat demons, to whom they
2prostitute themselves. This shall become a perpetual statute for them throughout their generations.
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And you shall say to them, Anyone of the house of Israel or of the sojourners who sojourn among them, who offers a burnt offering or sacrifice
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And does not
abring it to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting to sacrifice it to Jehovah, that man shall be cut off from his people.
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And anyone of the house of Israel or of the sojourners who sojourn among them, who eats any
1ablood, I will set My face against that person who eats blood and cut him off from among his people.
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For the
alife of the flesh is in the blood; and I have given it to you to make expiation for your souls on the altar, for it is the
bblood, by reason of the life, that makes expiation.
Lev. 17
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Therefore I said to the children of Israel, No person among you shall eat
ablood, nor shall any sojourner who sojourns among you eat blood.
Lev. 17
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And anyone of the children of Israel or of the sojourners who sojourn among them, who in hunting takes an animal or bird that may be eaten, shall pour out its blood and
1cover it with dust.
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For as to the life of all flesh, its blood is
1its very life; therefore I have said to the children of Israel, You shall not
aeat the blood of any flesh, for the life of all flesh is its blood; whoever eats it shall be cut off.
Lev. 17
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And every person who eats that which
1dies of itself or is
2torn by beasts, whether he is a native or a sojourner, shall
3awash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until the
4evening; then he shall be clean.
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But if he does not wash
them or bathe his
1body, then he shall bear his iniquity.
