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11 Indeed[a] the flesh’s life is in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your lives, because it is the blood with the life that makes atonement. 12 Therefore[b] I said to the Israelites,[c]None of you[d] may eat blood, nor[e] may the alien who is dwelling in your midst eat blood.’

13 “And if there is anyone[f] from the Israelites[g] or[h] from the alien who is dwelling in their midst who hunts a wild game animal or a bird that may be eaten, then[i] he shall pour out its blood, and he shall cover it with the soil.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 17:11 Or “Because”
  2. Leviticus 17:12 Literally “Unto thus”
  3. Leviticus 17:12 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  4. Leviticus 17:12 Literally “all of individual self from you not”
  5. Leviticus 17:12 Or “and not”
  6. Leviticus 17:13 Literally “a man a man”
  7. Leviticus 17:13 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  8. Leviticus 17:13 Or “and”
  9. Leviticus 17:13 Or “and”