Leviticus 17:9-11

New Century Version

⁹that person must take his sacrifice to the entrance of the Meeting Tent to offer it to the Lord. If he does not do this, he must be cut off from the people.

¹⁰“‘I will be against any citizen of Israel or foreigner living with you who eats blood. I will cut off that person from the people. ¹¹This is because the life of the body is in the blood, and I have given you rules for pouring that blood on the altar to remove your sins so you will belong to the Lord. It is the blood that removes the sins, because it is life.

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Leviticus 17:9-11

New International Version

⁹and 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. ¹¹For 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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Leviticus 17:11 Or atonement by the life in the blood

Leviticus 17:9-11

King James Version

⁹And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer it unto the Lord; even that man shall be cut off from among his people.

¹⁰And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.

¹¹For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.

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