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.’ ”
殺祭牲的條例
1耶和華對摩西說： 2「你要告訴亞倫父子們及全體以色列人，以下是耶和華的吩咐： 3任何在營內或營外宰殺公牛、綿羊或山羊的以色列人， 4若沒有把牲畜帶到會幕門口，在耶和華的聖幕前獻給耶和華，便是犯了流血之罪，要將他從民中剷除。 5這是為了讓以色列人把祭牲帶到會幕門口交給祭司，獻給耶和華作平安祭，而非在野外殺祭牲獻祭。 6祭司要將祭牲的血灑在會幕門口耶和華的祭壇上，把脂肪焚燒獻給耶和華作馨香之祭。 7他們不可再獻祭物給山羊神，與其苟合。這是他們世代當守的永久律例。
8「你要告訴他們：不論是以色列人，還是寄居在以色列人中間的外族人，獻燔祭或其他祭物時， 9如果沒把祭物帶到會幕門口獻給耶和華，要將他從民中剷除。
禁止吃血
10「任何以色列人或寄居在以色列人中間的外族人若吃血，耶和華必嚴懲，把他從民中剷除。 11因為肉體的生命在血中，耶和華把血賜給你們，使你們可以用血在祭壇上為自己贖罪。血可以為人的生命贖罪。 12所以耶和華吩咐以色列人和寄居在以色列人中間的外族人不可吃血。 13以色列人或寄居在以色列人中間的外族人如果捕到可吃的鳥或獸，必須放盡牠的血，用土掩埋， 14因為所有動物的生命都在血中。因此，耶和華吩咐以色列人不可吃任何動物的血，因為血就是生命。凡吃血的都要被剷除。 15不論以色列人還是外族人，若吃了自然死亡或被野獸撕裂的動物，就不潔淨。他必須洗衣、沐浴，等到傍晚才能潔淨， 16否則他要承擔罪責。」
