Sacrifices and the Prohibition of Blood

1 And the Lord spoke with Moses, saying: 2 Speak with Aaron, and with his sons, and with all the sons of Israel, and say to them: This is the word which the Lord has commanded, saying: 3 Any man of the house of Israel who shall kill a bull or lamb or goat in the camp, or who shall kill such sacrificial animals outside the camp, 4 and does not bring it to the door of the Tent of Meeting, so that it may be offered as an offering in the presence of the Lord before the tabernacle of the Lord, bloodguilt shall be charged to that man; he has shed blood, and that man shall be destroyed from his people. 5 In order that the sons of Israel may bring their sacrificial animals which they formerly sacrificed in the open field, before the Lord at the door of the Tent of Meeting, to the priest, and offer them as holy offerings in the presence of the Lord. 6 And the priest shall sprinkle the blood on the altar of the Lord at the door of the Tent of Meeting, and burn the fat to be received with acceptance before the Lord. 7 And they shall no more sacrifice their sacrificial animals to demons after which they have wandered: this shall be an everlasting statute to you for your generations. 8 And say to them, Any man of the house of Israel, or the proselyte who lives among you, who offers a burnt offering or a holy sacrifice, 9 and does not bring it to the door of the Tent of Meeting, so that it may be performed before the Lord, that man shall be destroyed from his people. 10 And any man of the house of Israel or of the strangers who live among you, who shall eat any blood, I will direct My anger against the man who has eaten blood,⁠a and will destroy him from among his people. 11 Because the life of flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul. 12 Therefore I have said to the children of Israel, Let no man of you eat blood, nor let the strangers who live among you eat blood; 13 and any man of the sons of Israel, or of the strangers who live among you, who hunts an animal or bird which may be eaten, let him pour out its blood and cover it with earth; 14 for the life of all flesh is its blood; it is for its life; and I have said to the children of Israel, You shall not eat the blood of any flesh, for the life of all flesh is its blood; everyone who eats of it shall be destroyed. 15 And everyone who eats from an animal that died naturally or was torn by wild animals, whether he is native-born or a proselyte, let him wash his clothes, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the evening, and then he shall be clean. 16 But if he does not wash his clothes or bathe his body, he shall bear his transgression.