Leviticus 17

And God spoke to Moses, saying,

“Speak to Aaron and to his sons and to all the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them, ‘This {is} the thing that God commanded, saying,

“A man, a man from the house of Israel who slaughters an ox or a lamb or a goat in the camp or who slaughters {it} outside of the camp,

but to the entrance of the tent of meeting he does not bring it to present an offering to God to the face of the Dwelling of God—blood will be reckoned to that man. He has shed blood, and that man shall be cut off from the midst of his people \*

so that the sons of Israel will bring their sacrifices that they are sacrificing on the face of the field and bring them to God at the entrance of the tent of meeting, to the priest, and sacrifice them {as} sacrifices of peace offerings to God.

And the priest shall splash the blood on the altar of God at the entrance of the tent of meeting. And he will cause the fat to become smoke as a scent of pleasing to God. \*

And they shall no longer sacrifice their sacrifices to goat demons, after whom they are prostituting themselves. This will be an enduring statute for them for their generations.”’ \*

And you shall say to them, ‘A man, a man from the house of Israel or from the sojourner who sojourns in their midst, who makes a burnt offering or a sacrifice go up,

but to the entrance of the tent of meeting, he does not bring it to make it to God, then that man shall be cut off from his people. \*

And a man, a man from the house of Israel or from the sojourner sojourning in their midst, who eats any blood, then I will set my face against the person having eaten blood, and I will cut him off from the midst of his people.

For the life of the flesh, it is in the blood, and I myself have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your lives. For the blood, it makes atonement with the life. \*

Therefore, I said to the sons of Israel, “Every person among you shall not eat blood. And the sojourner, the one sojourning in your midst shall not eat blood.”

And a man, a man from the sons of Israel or from the sojourner, the one sojourning in their midst, who hunts a game of animal or wing that will be eaten, then he shall pour out its blood, and he shall cover it with soil, \*

for the life of all flesh, its blood, its life is in it. And I said to the sons of Israel, “The blood of any flesh you shall not eat, for the life of all flesh, it is its blood. All who eat it shall be cut off.” \*

And any person who eats an {animal} carcass or a torn animal among the native-born or among the sojourner, then he shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe in the water, and he will be unclean until the evening. Then he will be clean.

But if he does not wash or his flesh he does not bathe, then he shall bear his iniquity.’” \*