17:1  Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

17:2   "Speak to Aaron and to his sons and to all the sons of Israel and say to them, ' The LORD has commanded this, saying,

17:3   "Any man from the house of Israel who slaughters an ox or a lamb or a goat in the camp, or who slaughters it outside the camp,

17:4  and has not brought it to the doorway of the tent of meeting to present it as an offering to the LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD, you shall reckon bloodguiltiness to that man. He has shed blood and that man his people shall cut him off.

17:5  " For this reason the sons of Israel may bring their sacrifices which they sacrificed in the open field, that they may bring them in to the LORD, at the doorway of the tent of meeting to the priest, and sacrifice them as sacrifices of peace offerings to the LORD.

17:6  "The priest shall sprinkle the blood on the altar of the LORD at the doorway of the tent of meeting, and offer up the fat in smoke as a soothing aroma to the LORD.

17:7   They shall no longer sacrifice their sacrifices to the goat demons with which they play the harlot. This you shall regard as a permanent statute to them throughout their generations."'

17:8  "Then you shall say to them, 'Any man from the house of Israel, or from the aliens who sojourn among them, who offers a burnt offering or sacrifice,

17:9  and does not bring it to the doorway of the tent of meeting to offer it to the LORD, that man also shall become cut off from his people.

17:10  ' And any man from the house of Israel, or from the aliens who sojourn among them, who eats any blood, I will set My face against that person who eats blood and will cut him off from among his people.

17:11  'For the life of the flesh resides in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your souls; for the blood serves as the reason of the life that makes atonement.'

17:12   "Therefore I said to the sons of Israel, 'No person among you may eat blood, nor may any alien who sojourns among you eat blood.'

17:13  "So when any man from the sons of Israel, or from the aliens who sojourn among them, in hunting catches a beast or a bird which they may eat, he shall pour out its blood and cover it with earth.

17:14  " For as for the life of all flesh, its blood identifies with its life. Therefore I said to the sons of Israel, 'You shall not to eat the blood of any flesh, for the life of all flesh resides in its blood; whoever eats it shall become cut off.'

17:15  " When any person eats an animal which dies or has become torn by beasts, whether he identifies himself as a native or an alien, he shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and remain unclean until evening; then he will become clean.

17:16   "But if he does not wash them or bathe his body, then he shall bear his guilt."