Eating Blood Forbidden
1The Lord said to Moses, 2“Speak to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites and say to them: ‘This is what the Lord has commanded: 3Any Israelite who sacrifices an ox,17:3 The Hebrew word can refer to either male or female. a lamb or a goat in the camp or outside of it 4instead of bringing it to the entrance to the tent of meeting to present it as an offering to the Lord in front of the tabernacle of the Lord—that person shall be considered guilty of bloodshed; they have shed blood and must be cut off from their people. 5This is so the Israelites will bring to the Lord the sacrifices they are now making in the open fields. They must bring them to the priest, that is, to the Lord, at the entrance to the tent of meeting and sacrifice them as fellowship offerings. 6The priest is to splash the blood against the altar of the Lord at the entrance to the tent of meeting and burn the fat as an aroma pleasing to the Lord. 7They must no longer offer any of their sacrifices to the goat idols17:7 Or the demons to whom they prostitute themselves. This is to be a lasting ordinance for them and for the generations to come.’
8“Say to them: ‘Any Israelite or any foreigner residing among them who offers a burnt offering or sacrifice 9and does not bring it to the entrance to the tent of meeting to sacrifice it to the Lord must be cut off from the people of Israel.
10“ ‘I will set my face against any Israelite or any foreigner residing among them who eats blood, and I will cut them off from the people. 11For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for yourselves on the altar; it is the blood that makes atonement for one’s life.17:11 Or atonement by the life in the blood 12Therefore I say to the Israelites, “None of you may eat blood, nor may any foreigner residing among you eat blood.”
13“ ‘Any Israelite or any foreigner residing among you who hunts any animal or bird that may be eaten must drain out the blood and cover it with earth, 14because the life of every creature is its blood. That is why I have said to the Israelites, “You must not eat the blood of any creature, because the life of every creature is its blood; anyone who eats it must be cut off.”
15“ ‘Anyone, whether native-born or foreigner, who eats anything found dead or torn by wild animals must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be ceremonially unclean till evening; then they will be clean. 16But if they do not wash their clothes and bathe themselves, they will be held responsible.’ ”
杀祭牲的条例
1耶和华对摩西说： 2“你要告诉亚伦父子们及全体以色列人，以下是耶和华的吩咐： 3任何在营内或营外宰杀公牛、绵羊或山羊的以色列人， 4若没有把牲畜带到会幕门口，在耶和华的圣幕前献给耶和华，便是犯了流血之罪，要将他从民中铲除。 5这是为了让以色列人把祭牲带到会幕门口交给祭司，献给耶和华作平安祭，而非在野外杀祭牲献祭。 6祭司要将祭牲的血洒在会幕门口耶和华的祭坛上，把脂肪焚烧献给耶和华作馨香之祭。 7他们不可再献祭物给山羊神，与其苟合。这是他们世代当守的永久律例。
8“你要告诉他们：不论是以色列人，还是寄居在以色列人中间的外族人，献燔祭或其他祭物时， 9如果没把祭物带到会幕门口献给耶和华，要将他从民中铲除。
禁止吃血
10“任何以色列人或寄居在以色列人中间的外族人若吃血，耶和华必严惩，把他从民中铲除。 11因为肉体的生命在血中，耶和华把血赐给你们，使你们可以用血在祭坛上为自己赎罪。血可以为人的生命赎罪。 12所以耶和华吩咐以色列人和寄居在以色列人中间的外族人不可吃血。 13以色列人或寄居在以色列人中间的外族人如果捕到可吃的鸟或兽，必须放尽它的血，用土掩埋， 14因为所有动物的生命都在血中。因此，耶和华吩咐以色列人不可吃任何动物的血，因为血就是生命。凡吃血的都要被铲除。 15不论以色列人还是外族人，若吃了自然死亡或被野兽撕裂的动物，就不洁净。他必须洗衣、沐浴，等到傍晚才能洁净， 16否则他要承担罪责。”
