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Leviticus 17 Literal Standard Version

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1 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to Aaron and to his sons, and to all the sons of Israel; and you have said 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 is reckoned to that man—he has shed blood—and that man has been cut off from the midst of his people; 5 so that the sons of Israel bring in their sacrifices which they are sacrificing on the face of the field, indeed, they have brought them to YHWH, to the opening of the Tent of Meeting, to the priest, and they have sacrificed sacrifices of peace-offerings to YHWH with them. 6 And the priest has sprinkled the blood on the altar of YHWH, at the opening of the Tent of Meeting, and has made incense with the fat for refreshing fragrance to YHWH; 7 and they do not sacrifice their sacrifices anymore to the goat [idols] after which they are going whoring; this is a continuous statute to them, throughout their generations. 8 And you say to them: Any man of the house of Israel, or of the sojourners who sojourns in your midst, 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 has been cut off from his people. 10 And any man of the house of Israel, or of the sojourners who is sojourning in your midst, who eats any blood, I have even set My face against the person who is eating the blood, and have cut him off from the midst 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 midst does not eat blood; 13 and any man of the sons of Israel, or of the sojourners who is sojourning in your midst, who hunts game, beast or bird, which is eaten—has even poured out its blood and covered 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 is cut off. 15 And any person who eats a carcass or torn thing, among natives or among sojourners, has washed his garments and bathed with water, and been unclean until the evening—then he has been clean; 16 and if he does not wash, and does not bathe his flesh—then he has borne his iniquity.”

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  • Moses

    Deliverer and lawgiver

    Drawn from the Nile, he led Israel out of Egypt and received God's Law.

    Cited in the guide: Exodus 2–Deuteronomy 34

Cross references (13)

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  1. 3 Deuteronomy 12:11–15; Deuteronomy 12:26–27; Leviticus 17:12–13; Leviticus 17:15; Leviticus 17:8
  2. 4 John 10:9; Genesis 17:14; John 10:7; Ezekiel 20:40; John 14:6
  3. 5 Exodus 24:5; Leviticus 3:1–17; Genesis 21:33; Genesis 22:13; 1 Kings 14:23
  4. 6 Numbers 18:17; Leviticus 3:2; Leviticus 4:31; Leviticus 3:5; Exodus 29:18
  5. 7 1 Corinthians 10:20; Exodus 34:15; 2 Chronicles 11:15; Deuteronomy 32:17; Psalm 106:37
  6. 8 Leviticus 1:2–3; Malachi 1:11; 2 Samuel 24:25; Judges 6:26; 1 Samuel 7:9
  7. 9 Leviticus 17:4
  8. 10 Leviticus 17:11; Leviticus 3:17; Deuteronomy 12:16; Deuteronomy 12:23; 1 Samuel 14:33
  9. 11 Hebrews 9:22; 1 John 1:7; Romans 3:25; Revelation 1:5; Mark 14:24
  10. 13 Deuteronomy 12:16; Ezekiel 24:7; Leviticus 7:26; Deuteronomy 12:24; Deuteronomy 15:23
  11. 14 Genesis 9:4; Deuteronomy 12:23; Leviticus 17:11–12
  12. 15 Leviticus 22:8; Exodus 22:31; Deuteronomy 14:21; Leviticus 11:25; Ezekiel 44:31
  13. 16 Leviticus 5:1; John 13:8; Isaiah 53:11; Numbers 19:19–20; Leviticus 7:18

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What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Quotes verse 17:11 Basil of Caesarea, Hexaemeron (Homily VIII)

    Since, according to Scripture, "the life of every creature is in the blood," as the blood when thickened changes into flesh, and flesh when corrupted decomposes into earth, so the soul of beasts is naturally an earthy substance.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)