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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 ESV</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><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="../">ESV</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">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/leviticus/17.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">The Place of Sacrifice</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/17-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> spoke to Moses, saying, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/17-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“Speak to Aaron and his sons and to all the people of Israel and say to them, This is the thing that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has commanded. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/17-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>If any one of the house of Israel kills an ox or a lamb or a goat in the camp, or kills it outside the camp, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/17-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>and does not bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting to offer it as a gift to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> in front of the tabernacle of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, bloodguilt shall be imputed to that man. He has shed blood, and that man shall be cut off from among his people. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/17-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>This is to the end that the people of Israel may bring their sacrifices that they sacrifice in the open field, that they may bring them to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, to the priest at the entrance of the tent of meeting, and sacrifice them as sacrifices of peace offerings to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/17-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And the priest shall throw the blood on the altar of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> at the entrance of the tent of meeting and burn the fat for a pleasing aroma to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/17-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>So they shall no more sacrifice their sacrifices to goat demons, after whom they whore. This shall be a statute forever for them throughout their generations.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/17-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“And you shall say to them, Any one of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who sojourn among them, who offers a burnt offering or sacrifice <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/17-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>and does not bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting to offer it to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, that man shall be cut off from his people.</p> <p class="heading">Laws Against Eating Blood</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/17-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>“If any one of the house of Israel or of the strangers who sojourn among them eats any blood, I will set my face against that person who eats blood and will cut him off from among his people. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/17-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it for you on the altar to make atonement for your souls, for it is the blood that makes atonement by the life. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/17-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Therefore I have said to the people of Israel, No person among you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger who sojourns among you eat blood.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/17-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“Any one also of the people of Israel, or of the strangers who sojourn among them, who takes in hunting any beast or bird that may be eaten shall pour out its blood and cover it with earth. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/17-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>For the life of every creature<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew all flesh">a</a></sup></span> is its blood: its blood is its life.<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew it is in its life">b</a></sup></span> Therefore I have said to the people of Israel, You shall not eat the blood of any creature, for the life of every creature is its blood. Whoever eats it shall be cut off. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/17-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And every person who eats what dies of itself or what is torn by beasts, whether he is a native or a sojourner, shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening; then he shall be clean. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/17-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>But if he does not wash them or bathe his flesh, he shall bear his iniquity.”</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">14</span> Hebrew <i>all flesh</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">14</span> Hebrew <i>it is in its life</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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