Leviticus 17:9-11
GOD’S WORD Translation
9 but do not bring them to the entrance of the tent of meeting to offer them to the Lord, they must be excluded from the people.
Eating Blood
10 “If Israelites or foreigners eat any blood, I will condemn them and exclude them from the people, 11 because blood contains life. I have given this blood to you to make peace with me on the altar. Blood is needed to make peace with me.
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Leviticus 17:9-11
New International Version
9 and does not bring it to the entrance to the tent(A) of meeting(B) to sacrifice it to the Lord(C) must be cut off from the people of Israel.
10 “‘I will set my face against any Israelite or any foreigner residing among them who eats blood,(D) and I will cut them off from the people. 11 For the life of a creature is in the blood,(E) and I have given it to you to make atonement for yourselves on the altar; it is the blood that makes atonement for one’s life.[a](F)
Footnotes
- Leviticus 17:11 Or atonement by the life in the blood
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