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Leviticus Chapter 17

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LEVITICUS

Leviticus 17

1And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2Speak to Aaron and his sons, and to all the children of Israel, saying to them: This is the word, which the Lord hath commanded, saying:
3Any man whosoever of the house of Israel, if he kill an ox, or a sheep, or a goat in the camp, or without the camp,
Deuteronomy 12:20, Deuteronomy 12:22, Leviticus 17:8, Deuteronomy 12:26, Deuteronomy 12:27
4And offer it not at the door of the tabernacle an oblation to the Lord, shall be guilty of blood. As if he had shed blood, so shall he perish from the midst of his people.
Isaiah 66:3, John 10:9, Ezekiel 20:40, John 10:7, Deuteronomy 12:5
5Therefore the children of Israel shall bring to the priest their victims, which they kill in the field, that they may be sanctified to the Lord before the door of the tabernacle of the testimony: and they may sacrifice them for peace offerings to the Lord.
2 Kings 17:10, Ezekiel 20:28, Genesis 22:2, Exodus 24:5, Leviticus 7:11
6And the priest shall pour the blood upon the altar of the Lord, at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony: and shall burn the fat for a sweet odour to the Lord.
Numbers 18:17, Numbers 18:17, Leviticus 3:2, Leviticus 3:2, Leviticus 3:13
7And they shall no more sacrifice their victims to devils, with whom they have committed fornication. It shall be an ordinance for ever to them and to their posterity.
1 Corinthians 10:20, 1 Corinthians 10:20, Exodus 34:15, Exodus 34:15, Deuteronomy 32:17
8And thou shalt say to them: The man of the house of Israel, and of the strangers who sojourn among you, that offereth a holocaust or a victim,
Leviticus 1:2, Leviticus 1:3, Leviticus 1:2, Leviticus 1:3, Malachi 1:11
9And bringeth it not to the door of the tabernacle of the testimony, that it may be offered to the Lord, shall perish from among his people.
Leviticus 17:4, Leviticus 17:4
10If any man whosoever of the house of Israel, and of the strangers that sojourn among them, eat blood, I will set my face against his soul, and will cut him off from among his people.
Leviticus 17:11, Leviticus 17:11, Deuteronomy 12:16, Leviticus 3:17, Deuteronomy 12:23
11Because the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you, that you may make atonement with it upon the altar for your souls, and the blood may be for an expiation of the soul.
Hebrews 9:22, Hebrews 9:22, 1 John 1:7, 1 John 1:7, Romans 3:25
12Therefore I have said to the children of Israel: No soul of you, nor of the strangers that sojourn among you, shall eat blood.
Exodus 12:49, Exodus 12:49
13Any man whosoever of the children of Israel, and of the strangers that sojourn among you, if by hunting or fowling, he take a wild beast or a bird, which is lawful to eat, let him pour out its blood, and cover it with earth.
Deuteronomy 12:16, Deuteronomy 12:16, Ezekiel 24:7, Deuteronomy 15:23, Leviticus 7:26
14For the life of all flesh is in the blood. Therefore I said to the children of Israel: you shall not eat the blood of any flesh at all, because the life of the flesh is in the blood, and whosoever eateth it, shall be cut off.
Genesis 9:4, Genesis 9:4, Deuteronomy 12:23, Deuteronomy 12:23, Leviticus 17:11
15The soul that eateth that which died of itself, or has been caught by a beast, whether he be one of your own country or a stranger, shall wash his clothes and himself with water, and shall be defiled until the evening: and in this manner he shall be made clean.
Exodus 22:31, Leviticus 22:8, Deuteronomy 14:21, Exodus 22:31, Leviticus 22:8
16But if he do not wash his clothes, and his body, he shall bear his iniquity.
Leviticus 5:1, Leviticus 5:1, Numbers 19:19, Numbers 19:20, Leviticus 20:19

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