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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Leviticus 17 NLT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/leviticus/17.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/leviticus/17-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NLT</a> > Leviticus 17</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../leviticus/16.htm" title="Leviticus 16">◄</a> Leviticus 17 <a href="../leviticus/18.htm" title="Leviticus 18">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/leviticus/17.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Prohibitions against Eating Blood</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/17-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Then the LORD said to Moses, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/17-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“Give the following instructions to Aaron and his sons and all the people of Israel. This is what the LORD has commanded.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/17-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>“If any native Israelite sacrifices a bull<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> or a lamb or a goat anywhere inside or outside the camp <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/17-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>instead of bringing it to the entrance of the Tabernacle<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a> to present it as an offering to the LORD, that person will be as guilty as a murderer.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a> Such a person has shed blood and will be cut off from the community. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/17-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>The purpose of this rule is to stop the Israelites from sacrificing animals in the open fields. It will ensure that they bring their sacrifices to the priest at the entrance of the Tabernacle, so he can present them to the LORD as peace offerings. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/17-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Then the priest will be able to splatter the blood against the LORD’s altar at the entrance of the Tabernacle, and he will burn the fat as a pleasing aroma to the LORD. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/17-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The people must no longer be unfaithful to the LORD by offering sacrifices to the goat idols.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">d</span></a> This is a permanent law for them, to be observed from generation to generation.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/17-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“Give them this command as well. If any native Israelite or foreigner living among you offers a burnt offering or a sacrifice <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/17-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>but does not bring it to the entrance of the Tabernacle to offer it to the LORD, that person will be cut off from the community.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/17-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>“And if any native Israelite or foreigner living among you eats or drinks blood in any form, I will turn against that person and cut him off from the community of your people, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/17-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>for the life of the body is in its blood. I have given you the blood on the altar to purify you, making you right with the LORD.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">e</span></a> It is the blood, given in exchange for a life, that makes purification possible. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/17-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>That is why I have said to the people of Israel, ‘You must never eat or drink blood—neither you nor the foreigners living among you.’</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/17-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“And if any native Israelite or foreigner living among you goes hunting and kills an animal or bird that is approved for eating, he must drain its blood and cover it with earth. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/17-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The life of every creature is in its blood. That is why I have said to the people of Israel, ‘You must never eat or drink blood, for the life of any creature is in its blood.’ So whoever consumes blood will be cut off from the community.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/17-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>“And if any native-born Israelites or foreigners eat the meat of an animal that died naturally or was torn up by wild animals, they must wash their clothes and bathe themselves in water. They will remain ceremonially unclean until evening, but then they will be clean. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/17-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>But if they do not wash their clothes and bathe themselves, they will be punished for their sin.”</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">17:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">cow.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">17:4a </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">Tent of Meeting;</span><span class="ft"> also in 17:5, 6, 9.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">17:4b </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">will be guilty of blood.</span><br><span class="fn">d</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">17:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">goat demons.</span><br><span class="fn">e</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">17:11 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">to make atonement for you.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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