1 The LORD spoke to Moses:
2 “ Speak to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites and tell them: This is what the LORD has commanded:
3 Anyone from the house of Israel who slaughters an ox, sheep, or goat in the camp, or slaughters it outside the camp,
4 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.
5 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.
6 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.
7 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.
8 “ 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
9 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.
10 “ 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.
11 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.
12 Therefore I say to the Israelites : None of you and no foreigner who lives among you may eat blood.
13 “ 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.
