| Christian Standard Bible | Berean Study Bible |
| 1The LORD spoke to Moses: | 1Then the LORD said to Moses, |
| 2"Speak to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites and tell them: This is what the LORD has commanded: | 2“Speak to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites and tell them this is what the LORD has commanded: |
| 3Anyone from the house of Israel who slaughters an ox, sheep, or goat in the camp, or slaughters it outside the camp, | 3‘Anyone from the house of Israel who slaughters an ox, 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 before his tabernacle--that person will be considered guilty. He has shed blood and is to be cut off from his people. | 4instead 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. |
| 5This 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. | 5For 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 to the LORD. |
| 6The priest will then splatter 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. | 6The priest will then sprinkle 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. |
| 7They 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. | 7They 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"Say to them: Anyone from the house of Israel or from the aliens who reside among them who offers a burnt offering or a sacrifice | 8Tell them that if anyone from the house of Israel or any foreigner living among them offers a burnt offering or a sacrifice |
| 9but does not bring it to the entrance to the tent of meeting to sacrifice it to the LORD, that person is to be cut off from his people. | 9but 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. |
| 10"Anyone from the house of Israel or from the aliens who reside among them who eats any blood, I will turn against that person who eats blood and cut him off from his people. | 10If 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. |
| 11For 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. | 11For 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. |
| 12Therefore I say to the Israelites: None of you and no alien who resides among you may eat blood. | 12Therefore I say to the Israelites, ‘None of you may eat blood, nor may any foreigner living among you eat blood.’ |
| 13"Any Israelite or alien residing among them, who hunts down a wild animal or bird that may be eaten must drain its blood and cover it with dirt. | 13And 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. |
| 14Since the life of every creature is its blood, I have told the Israelites: You are not to eat the blood of any creature, because the life of every creature is its blood; whoever eats it must be cut off. | 14For 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"Every person, whether the native or the resident alien, 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. | 15And 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. |
| 16But if he does not wash his clothes and bathe himself, he will bear his iniquity." | 16But if he does not wash his clothes and bathe himself, then he shall bear his iniquity.” |
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