17:1 The Lord spoke to Moses: 17:2 “Speak to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites, and tell them: ‘This is the word that the Lord has commanded: 17:3 “Blood guilt ¹  will be accounted to any man ²  from the house of Israel ³  who slaughters an ox or a lamb or a goat inside the camp or outside the camp, ⁴  17:4 but has not brought it to the entrance of the Meeting Tent ⁵  to present it as ⁶  an offering to the Lord before the tabernacle of the Lord. He has shed blood, so that man will be cut off from the midst of his people. ⁷  17:5 This is so that ⁸  the Israelites will bring their sacrifices that they are sacrificing in the open field ⁹  to the Lord at the entrance of the Meeting Tent to the priest and sacrifice them there as peace offering sacrifices to the Lord. 17:6 The priest is to splash ¹⁰  the blood on the altar ¹¹  of the Lord at the entrance of the Meeting Tent, and offer the fat up in smoke for a soothing aroma to the Lord. 17:7 So they must no longer offer ¹²  their sacrifices to the goat demons, ¹³  acting like prostitutes by going after them. ¹⁴  This is to be a perpetual statute for them throughout their generations. ¹⁵ 

17:8 “You are to say to them: ‘Any man ¹⁶  from the house of Israel or ¹⁷  from the foreigners who reside ¹⁸  in their ¹⁹  midst, who offers ²⁰  a burnt offering or a sacrifice 17:9 but does not bring it to the entrance of the Meeting Tent to offer it ²¹  to the Lord – that person will be cut off from his people. ²² 

17:10 “‘Any man ²³  from the house of Israel or from the foreigners who reside ²⁴  in their ²⁵  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, ²⁶  17:11 for the life of every living thing ²⁷  is in the blood. ²⁸  So I myself have assigned it to you ²⁹  on the altar to make atonement for your lives, for the blood makes atonement by means of the life. ³⁰  17:12 Therefore, I have said to the Israelites: No person among you is to eat blood, ³¹  and no resident foreigner who lives among you is to eat blood. ³² 

17:13 “‘Any man from the Israelites ³³  or from the foreigners who reside ³⁴  in their ³⁵  midst who hunts a wild animal ³⁶  or a bird that may be eaten ³⁷  must pour out its blood and cover it with soil, 17:14 for the life of all flesh is its blood. ³⁸  So I have said to the Israelites: You must not eat the blood of any living thing ³⁹  because the life of every living thing is its blood – all who eat it will be cut off. ⁴⁰ 

17:15 “‘Any person ⁴¹  who eats an animal that has died of natural causes ⁴²  or an animal torn by beasts, whether a native citizen or a foreigner, ⁴³  must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening; then he becomes clean. 17:16 But if he does not wash his clothes ⁴⁴  and does not bathe his body, he will bear his punishment for iniquity.’” ⁴⁵