Thematic Bible




Leviticus 17:1 (show verse)

The Lord spoke to Moses:
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Leviticus 17:2 (show verse)

“Speak to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites and tell them: This is what the Lord has commanded:
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Leviticus 17:3 (show verse)

Anyone from the house of Israel who slaughters an ox, sheep, or goat in the camp, or slaughters it outside the camp,
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Leviticus 17:4 (show verse)

instead of bringing it to the entrance to the tent of meeting to present it as an offering to the Lord before His tabernacle—that person will be considered guilty. He has shed blood and must be cut off from his people.

Leviticus 17:5 (show verse)

This is so the Israelites will bring to the Lord the sacrifices they have been offering in the open country. They are to bring them to the priest at the entrance to the tent of meeting and offer them as fellowship sacrifices to the Lord.
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Leviticus 17:6 (show verse)

The priest will then sprinkle the blood on the Lord’s altar at the entrance to the tent of meeting and burn the fat as a pleasing aroma to the Lord.

Leviticus 17:7 (show verse)

They must no longer offer their sacrifices to the goat-demons that they have prostituted themselves with. This will be a permanent statute for them throughout their generations.

Leviticus 17:8 (show verse)

“Say to them: Anyone from the house of Israel or from the foreigners who live among them who offers a burnt offering or a sacrifice

Leviticus 17:9 (show verse)

but does not bring it to the entrance to the tent of meeting to sacrifice it to the Lord, that person must be cut off from his people.

Leviticus 17:10 (show verse)

“Anyone from the house of Israel or from the foreigners who live among them who eats any blood, I will turn against that person who eats blood and cut him off from his people.

Leviticus 17:11 (show verse)

For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have appointed it to you to make atonement on the altar for your lives, since it is the lifeblood that makes atonement.

Leviticus 17:12 (show verse)

Therefore I say to the Israelites: None of you and no foreigner who lives among you may eat blood.

Leviticus 17:13 (show verse)

“Any Israelite or foreigner living among them, who hunts down a wild animal or bird that may be eaten must drain its blood and cover it with dirt.

Leviticus 17:14 (show verse)

Since the life of every creature is its blood, I have told the Israelites: You must not eat the blood of any creature, because the life of every creature is its blood; whoever eats it must be cut off.

Leviticus 17:15 (show verse)

“Every person, whether the native or the foreigner, who eats an animal that died a natural death or was mauled by wild beasts is to wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening; then he will be clean.

Leviticus 17:16 (show verse)

But if he does not wash his clothes and bathe himself, he will bear his punishment.”