Leviticus 17

vayedabber Adonai el-mosheh lemor

GOD spoke to Moses, saying:

dabber el-aharon ve'el-banayw ve'el kol-bene yisra'el ve'amarta alehem zeh haddavar asher-tsivvah Adonai lemor

Speak to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelite people and say to them: This is what GOD has commanded:

ish ish mibbet yisra'el asher yishkhat shor o-khesev o-ez bammakhaneh o asher yishkhat mikhuts lammakhaneh

Regarding anyone of the house of Israel who slaughters an ox or sheep or goat in the camp, or does so outside the camp,

ve'el-petakh ohel mo'ed lo hevi'o lehaqriv qorban la-Adonai lifne mishkan Adonai dam yekhashev la'ish hahu dam shafakh venikhrat ha'ish hahu miqqerev ammo

and does not bring it to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting to present it as an offering to GOD, before GOD’s Tabernacle: bloodguilt shall be imputed to them; having shed blood, that person shall be cut off from among their people.

lema'an asher yavi'u bene yisra'el et-zivkhehem asher hem zovekhim al-pene hassadeh vehevi'um la-Adonai el-petakh ohel mo'ed el-hakkohen vezavekhu zivkhe shelamim la-Adonai otam

This is in order that the Israelites may bring the sacrifices that they have been making in the open—that they may bring them before GOD, to the priest, at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting, and offer them as sacrifices of well-being to GOD;

vezaraq hakkohen et-haddam al-mizbakh Adonai petakh ohel mo'ed vehiqtir hakhelev lereakh nikhoakh la-Adonai

that the priest may dash the blood against the altar of GOD at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting, and turn the fat into smoke as a pleasing odor to GOD;

velo-yizbekhu od et-zivkhehem lasse'irim asher hem zonim akharehem khuqqat olam tihyeh-zzot lahem ledorotam

and that they may offer their sacrifices no more to the goat-demons after whom they stray. This shall be to them a law for all time, throughout the ages.

va'alehem tomar ish ish mibbet yisra'el umin-hagger asher-yagur betokham asher-ya'aleh olah o-zavakh

Say to them further: Regarding anyone of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who reside among them, who offers a burnt offering or a sacrifice

ve'el-petakh ohel mo'ed lo yevi'ennu la'asot oto la-Adonai venikhrat ha'ish hahu me'ammayw

and does not bring it to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting to offer it to GOD: that person shall be cut off from their people.

ve'ish ish mibbet yisra'el umin-hagger haggar betokham asher yokhal kol-dam venatatti fanay bannefesh ha'okhelet et-haddam vehikhratti otah miqqerev ammah

And regarding anyone of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who reside among them, who partakes of any blood: I will set My face against the person who partakes of the blood; I will cut them off from among their kin.

ki nefesh habbasar baddam hiv va'ani netattiv lakhem al-hammizbeakh lekhapper al-nafshotekhem ki-haddam hu bannefesh yekhapper

For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have assigned it to you for making expiation for your lives upon the altar; it is the blood, as life, that effects expiation.

al-ken amarti livne yisra'el kol-nefesh mikkem lo-tokhal dam vehagger haggar betokhekhem lo-yokhal dam

Therefore I say to the Israelite people: No person among you shall partake of blood, nor shall the stranger who resides among you partake of blood.

ve'ish ish mibbene yisra'el umin-hagger haggar betokham asher yatsud tsed khayyah o-of asher ye'akhel veshafakh et-damo vekhissahu be'afar

And regarding anyone, whether an Israelite or a stranger who resides among them, who hunts down an animal or a bird that may be eaten: they shall pour out its blood and cover it with earth.

ki-nefesh kol-basar damo venafsho hu va'omar livne yisra'el dam kol-basar lo tokhelu ki nefesh kol-basar damo hiv kol-okhelayw yikkaret

For the life of all flesh—its blood is its life. Therefore I say to the Israelite people: You shall not partake of the blood of any flesh, for the life of all flesh is its blood. Anyone who partakes of it shall be cut off.

vekhol-nefesh asher tokhal nevelah uterefah ba'ezrakh uvagger vekhibbes begadayw verakhats bammayim vetame ad-ha'erev vetaher

Any person, whether citizen or stranger, who eats what has died or has been torn by beasts shall wash their clothes, bathe in water, remain impure until evening—and shall then be pure.

ve'im lo yekhabbes uvesaro lo yirkhats venasa avono

But if they do not wash [their clothes] and bathe, they shall bear the guilt.