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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=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Leviticus 17 ISV</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="../">ISV</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">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/leviticus/17.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Ritual Animal Slaughter</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/17-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>The LORD told Moses, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/17-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“Speak to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelis and tell them that this is what the LORD has commanded: <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/17-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>When a person from the house of Israel slaughters an ox, a lamb, or a goat (whether in the camp or outside the camp), <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/17-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>but fails to bring it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting as an offering in the presence of the tent of the LORD, that person will incur bloodguilt. Because he has shed blood, that person is to be eliminated from contact with<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:4 The Heb. lacks from contact with">a</a></span> his people.”</p> <p class="heading">Centralized Sacrificial Slaughter</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/17-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“This statute is required so that<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:5 Lit. For the sake of">b</a></span> the Israelis may bring their sacrifices that they have been sacrificing to the LORD in the open field to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, where they are to slaughter their peace offering to the LORD. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/17-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The priest is to sprinkle the blood on the LORD’s altar at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and incinerate the fat, making a pleasing aroma to the LORD. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/17-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>They are no longer to slaughter their sacrifices to the goat demons, with whom they have been committing prostitution. This will be a perpetual statute for you throughout your generations. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/17-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Tell them that if a person from the house of Israel or a resident alien who lives among you brings a whole burnt offering or a sacrifice <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/17-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, but fails to bring it to offer<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:9 Lit. to do">c</a></span> it to the LORD, that person<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:9 Lit. man">d</a></span> is to be eliminated from contact with<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:9 The Heb. lacks from contact with">e</a></span> his people.”</p> <p class="heading">Prohibitions against Eating Blood</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/17-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>“If anyone from the house of Israel or a resident alien who lives among you eats any form of blood, I’ll oppose<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:10 Lit. I’ll set my face against">f</a></span> that person who ate the blood and eliminate him from his people, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/17-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>because the life of the flesh is in the blood itself, and I myself have given it to you all so that atonement may be made for your souls on the altar, since the blood itself makes atonement through the life that is in it. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/17-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>This is why I’ve told the Israelis that no person<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:12 Lit. soul">g</a></span> among you is to eat blood. Even the resident alien who lives among you is not to eat blood.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/17-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“If a person from the house of Israel or a resident alien who lives among you has hunted live game or a bird that may be eaten, he is to extract its blood and cover it with soil, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/17-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>because the life of any flesh is the blood itself. Therefore, I’m saying to the Israelis that the blood of any flesh is not to be eaten, because the life of any flesh is in its blood. Anyone who eats of it is to be eliminated from contact with his people.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="17:14 The Heb. lacks from contact with his people">h</a></span> </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/17-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>“Any person who eats a carcass or an animal that was torn by beasts (whether that person is native born or is a resident alien), is to wash his clothes and bathe himself with water, and he will remain unclean until evening, and then he’ll become clean. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/17-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>But if he doesn’t wash or bathe his body, then he is to bear the punishment of his iniquity.”</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 17:4 The Heb. lacks<i> from contact with</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 17:5 Lit. <i>For the sake of</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 17:9 Lit. <i>to do</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 17:9 Lit. <i>man</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 17:9 The Heb. lacks<i> from contact with</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 17:10 Lit. <i>I’ll set my face against</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 17:12 Lit. <i>soul</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 17:14 The Heb. lacks<i> from contact with his people</i><br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../leviticus/16.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 16"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 16" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../leviticus/18.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 18"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 18" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/leviticus/17-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>