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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//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 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><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="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</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">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">The Sacredness of Blood</h3><p class="par"><span class="v2_17_1"><span class="reftext" id="Lev.17.1" class="v2_17_1">1</span>The <span class="nd">Lord</span> commanded Moses </span><span class="v2_17_2"><span class="reftext" id="Lev.17.2" class="v2_17_2">2</span>to give Aaron and his sons and all the people of Israel the following regulations. </span><span class="v2_17_3"><span class="reftext" id="Lev.17.3-Lev.17.4" class="v2_17_3">3-4</span>Any Israelites who kill a cow or a sheep or a goat as an offering to the <span class="nd">Lord</span> anywhere except at the entrance of the Tent of the <span class="nd">Lord</span>'s presence have broken the Law. They have shed blood and shall no longer be considered God's people. </span><span class="v2_17_5"><span class="reftext" id="Lev.17.5" class="v2_17_5">5</span>The meaning of this command is that the people of Israel shall now bring to the <span class="nd">Lord</span> the animals which they used to kill in the open country. They shall now bring them to the priest at the entrance of the Tent and kill them as fellowship offerings. </span><span class="v2_17_6"><span class="reftext" id="Lev.17.6" class="v2_17_6">6</span>The priest shall throw the blood against the sides of the altar at the entrance of the Tent and burn the fat to produce an odor that is pleasing to the <span class="nd">Lord</span>. </span><span class="v2_17_7"><span class="reftext" id="Lev.17.7" class="v2_17_7">7</span>The people of Israel must no longer be unfaithful to the <span class="nd">Lord</span> by killing their animals in the fields as sacrifices to the goat demons. The people of Israel must keep this regulation for all time to come.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v2_17_8"><span class="reftext" id="Lev.17.8" class="v2_17_8">8</span>Any Israelites or any foreigners living in the community who offer a burnt offering or any other sacrifice </span><span class="v2_17_9"><span class="reftext" id="Lev.17.9" class="v2_17_9">9</span>as an offering to the <span class="nd">Lord</span> anywhere except at the entrance of the Tent shall no longer be considered God's people.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v2_17_10"><span class="reftext" id="Lev.17.10" class="v2_17_10">10</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Lev.17.10!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> If any Israelites or any foreigners living in the community eat meat with blood still in it, the <span class="nd">Lord</span> will turn against them and no longer consider them his people. </span><span class="v2_17_11"><span class="reftext" id="Lev.17.11" class="v2_17_11">11</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Lev.17.11!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> The life of every living thing is in the blood, and that is why the <span class="nd">Lord</span> has commanded that all blood be poured out on the altar to take away the people's sins. Blood, which is life, takes away sins. </span><span class="v2_17_12"><span class="reftext" id="Lev.17.12" class="v2_17_12">12</span>That is why the <span class="nd">Lord</span> has told the people of Israel that neither they nor any foreigner living among them shall eat any meat with blood still in it.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v2_17_13"><span class="reftext" id="Lev.17.13" class="v2_17_13">13</span>If any Israelites or any foreigners living in the community catch an animal or a bird which is ritually clean, they must pour its blood out on the ground and cover it with dirt. </span><span class="v2_17_14"><span class="reftext" id="Lev.17.14" class="v2_17_14">14</span>The life of every living thing is in the blood, and that is why the <span class="nd">Lord</span> has told the people of Israel that they shall not eat any meat with blood still in it and that anyone who does so will no longer be considered one of his people.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v2_17_15"><span class="reftext" id="Lev.17.15" class="v2_17_15">15</span>Any people, Israelites or foreigners, who eat meat from an animal that has died a natural death or has been killed by wild animals must wash their clothes, take a bath, and wait until evening before they are ritually clean. </span><span class="v2_17_16"><span class="reftext" id="Lev.17.16" class="v2_17_16">16</span>If they do not, they must suffer the consequences.</span></p></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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