1 And YHWH spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to Aaron and to his sons, and to all the sons of Israel. And you will say to them: This is the thing which YHWH has commanded, saying, 3 Any man of the house of Israel who slaughters ox, or lamb, or goat in the camp, or who slaughters it at the outside of the camp, 4 and has not brought it in to the opening of the Tent of Meeting to bring an offering near to YHWH before the Dwelling Place of YHWH, blood will be reckoned to that man—he has spilled blood—and that man will be cut off from the middle of his people. 5 So that the sons of Israel bring in their sacrifices which they sacrifice on the face of the field, indeed, they bring them to YHWH, to the opening of the Tent of Meeting, to the priest, and they sacrifice sacrifices of peace-offerings to YHWH with them. 6 And the priest will sprinkle the blood on the altar of YHWH, at the opening of the Tent of Meeting, and will make incense with the fat for refreshing fragrance to YHWH. 7 And they will not sacrifice their sacrifices anymore to the goat idols after which they were going whoring. This is a continuous statute to them, throughout their generations. 8 And you will say to them: Any man of the house of Israel, or of the sojourners who sojourns in your middle, who causes burnt-offering or sacrifice to ascend, 9 and does not bring it in to the opening of the Tent of Meeting to make it to YHWH—that man will be cut off from his people. 10 And any man of the house of Israel, or of the sojourners who are sojourning in your middle, who eats any blood, I will even set My face against the person who is eating the blood, and will cut him off from the middle of his people. 11 For the life of the 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 which makes atonement for the soul. 12 Therefore I have said to the sons of Israel: No person among you eats blood, and the sojourner who is sojourning in your middle will not eat blood. 13 And any man of the sons of Israel, or of the sojourners who are sojourning in your middle, who hunts game, beast or bird, which is eaten—will even pour out its blood and cover it with dust. 14 For it is the life of all flesh, its blood is for its life. And I say to the sons of Israel: You do not eat the blood of any flesh, for the life of all flesh is its blood. Anyone eating it will be cut off. 15 And any person who eats a carcass or torn thing, among natives or among sojourners, will wash his garments and bathe with water, and be unclean until the evening—then he will be clean. 16 And if he does not wash, and does not bathe his flesh—then he will bear his iniquity.”