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to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, but fails to bring it to offer[a] it to the Lord, that person[b] is to be eliminated from contact with[c] his people.”

Prohibitions against Eating Blood

10 “If anyone from the house of Israel or a resident alien who lives among you eats any form of blood, I’ll oppose[d] that person who ate the blood and eliminate him from his people, 11 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.

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  1. Leviticus 17:9 Lit. to do
  2. Leviticus 17:9 Lit. man
  3. Leviticus 17:9 The Heb. lacks from contact with
  4. Leviticus 17:10 Lit. I’ll set my face against

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)

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  1. Leviticus 17:11 Or atonement by the life in the blood