The Place of Sacrifice 1 UDB Yahweh also said to Moses, BSB BSB: Then the LORD said to Moses,
2 UDB "Speak to Aaron and his sons and to all the other Israelites. Tell them that I am giving them the following commands: BSB BSB: “Speak to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites and tell them this is what the LORD has commanded:
3 UDB If you sacrifice an ox, a lamb, or a goat, you must bring it to the priest at the entrance to the area of the sacred tent, so that he may present it to me there. BSB BSB: ‘Anyone from the house of Israel who slaughters an ox, a lamb, or a goat in the camp or outside of it
4 UDB If you slaughter it anywhere else as a sacrifice, whether in the camp or outside of it, you will be guilty of shedding its blood in an unacceptable place. If you do that, you will no longer be allowed to be with Yahweh's people. BSB BSB: 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 man shall incur bloodguilt. He has shed blood and must be cut off from among his people.
5 UDB Yahweh is telling you to do this so that you will no longer offer sacrifices in the open fields; instead, you must offer them to Yahweh in the proper manner: by taking them to the priest at the entrance to the area of the sacred tent, to be offerings to promise friendship with him. BSB BSB: For this reason the Israelites will bring to the LORD the sacrifices they have been offering in the open fields. They are to bring them to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and offer them as sacrifices of peace offerings to the LORD.
6 UDB After the priest slaughters the animal, he must sprinkle some of its blood against the altar at the entrance to the sacred tent, and burn its fat for an aroma that is pleasing to Yahweh. BSB BSB: The priest will then splatter the blood on the altar of the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and burn the fat as a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
7 UDB You people must no longer give sacrifices to the images that resemble goats. You people must obey this command for all time." BSB BSB: They must no longer offer their sacrifices to the goat demons to which they have prostituted themselves. This will be a permanent statute for them for the generations to come.’
8 UDB Yahweh also said this to Moses: "Tell Aaron and his sons to tell the people that if any Israelite or any foreigner living among them brings an offering for a priest to burn whole on the altar, or if he brings any other sacrifice, BSB BSB: Tell them that if anyone from the house of Israel or any foreigner living among them offers a burnt offering or a sacrifice
9 UDB but if he does not bring it to the entrance of the sacred tent area as be a sacrifice to me, that person will no longer be allowed to be with my people. BSB BSB: but does not bring it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting to sacrifice it to the LORD, that man must be cut off from his people.
Laws against Eating Blood 10 UDB I will reject any Israelite or any foreigner who is living among you who consumes the blood of any animal, and he will no longer be allowed to associate with my people. BSB BSB: If anyone from the house of Israel or a foreigner living among them eats any blood, I will set My face against that person and cut him off from among his people.
11 UDB That is because the life of every animal is in its blood. I have declared that it is blood that is to be offered on the altar, so that I will forgive people their sins. BSB BSB: For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for your souls upon the altar; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.
12 UDB That is why I say that neither you Israelites, nor any foreigner living among you, may consume any blood. BSB BSB: Therefore I say to the Israelites, ‘None of you may eat blood, nor may any foreigner living among you eat blood.’
13 UDB If any of you Israelites or any foreigner who is living among you goes hunting and kills an animal or bird that I allow you to eat, you must drain out its blood onto the ground and cover it with earth. BSB BSB: And if any Israelite or foreigner living among them hunts down a wild animal or bird that may be eaten, he must drain its blood and cover it with dirt.
14 UDB This is because the life of every creature is in its blood. That is why I have said to you Israelites that anyone who consumes blood from an animal must no longer be allowed to associate with my people. BSB BSB: For the life of all flesh is its blood. Therefore I have told the Israelites, ‘You must not eat the blood of any living thing, because the life of all flesh is its blood; whoever eats it must be cut off.’
15 UDB If any of you Israelites or any foreigner who is living among you eats any meat from an animal that died or that was killed by wild animals, you must wash your clothes and bathe. Then you must not touch anyone else until that evening. BSB BSB: And any person, whether native or foreigner, who eats anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening; then he will be clean.
16 UDB If you do not obey this rule, I will certainly punish you.'" BSB BSB: But if he does not wash his clothes and bathe himself, then he shall bear his iniquity.”
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