Leviticus 17

English Standard Version

The Place of Sacrifice

17 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ²“Speak to Aaron and his sons and to all the people of Israel and say to them, This is the thing that the Lord has commanded. ³If any one of the house of Israel ^(A)kills an ox or a lamb or a goat in the camp, or kills it outside the camp, ⁴and ^(B)does not bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting to offer it as a gift to the Lord in front of the tabernacle of the Lord, bloodguilt shall be imputed to that man. He has shed blood, and that man ^(C)shall be cut off from among his people. ⁵This is to the end that the people of Israel may bring their sacrifices that they sacrifice ^(D)in the open field, that they may bring them to the Lord, to the priest at the entrance of the tent of meeting, and sacrifice them ^(E)as sacrifices of peace offerings to the Lord. ⁶And the priest shall ^(F)throw the blood on the altar of the Lord at the entrance of the tent of meeting and burn the fat ^(G)for a pleasing aroma to the Lord. ⁷So they shall no more sacrifice their sacrifices to goat demons, after whom they ^(H)whore. This shall be a statute forever for them throughout their generations.

⁸“And you shall say to them, Any one of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who sojourn among them, who ^(I)offers a burnt offering or sacrifice ⁹and ^(J)does not bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting to offer it to the Lord, ^(K)that man shall be cut off from his people.

Laws Against Eating Blood

¹⁰“If any one of the house of Israel or of the strangers who sojourn among them ^(L)eats any blood, I will ^(M)set my face against that person who eats blood and will cut him off from among his people. ¹¹^(N)For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it for you on the altar ^(O)to make atonement for your souls, ^(P)for it is the blood that makes atonement by the life. ¹²Therefore I have said to the people of Israel, No person among you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger who sojourns among you eat blood.

¹³“Any one also of the people of Israel, or of the strangers who sojourn among them, who takes in hunting any beast or bird that may be eaten shall ^(Q)pour out its blood and ^(R)cover it with earth. ¹⁴For the life of every creature^[a] is its ^(S)blood: its blood is its life.^[b] Therefore I have said to the people of Israel, You shall not eat the blood of any creature, for the life of every creature is its blood. Whoever eats it shall be cut off. ¹⁵^(T)And every person who eats what dies of itself or what is torn by beasts, ^(U)whether he is a native or a sojourner, ^(V)shall wash his clothes and ^(W)bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening; then he shall be clean. ¹⁶But if he does not wash them or bathe his flesh, ^(X)he shall bear his iniquity.”

Footnotes

Leviticus 17:14 Hebrew all flesh
Leviticus 17:14 Hebrew it is in its life

Psalm 20-21

English Standard Version

Trust in the Name of the Lord Our God

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

20 May the Lord ^(A)answer you in the day of trouble!
    May ^(B)the name of the God of Jacob ^(C)protect you!
²May he send you help from ^(D)the sanctuary
    and give you support from ^(E)Zion!
³May he ^(F)remember all your offerings
    and regard with favor your burnt sacrifices! Selah

⁴May he ^(G)grant you your heart's desire
and fulfill all your plans!
⁵May we shout for joy over ^(H)your salvation,
and in the name of our God set up our ^(I)banners!
May the Lord fulfill all your petitions!

⁶Now I know that the Lord saves his anointed;
    he will answer him from his holy heaven
    with ^(J)the saving might of his right hand.
⁷Some trust in ^(K)chariots and some in ^(L)horses,
    ^(M)but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.
⁸They collapse and fall,
    but we rise and stand upright.

⁹O Lord, save ^(N)the king!
May he answer us when we call.

The King Rejoices in the Lord's Strength

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

21 O Lord, in your ^(O)strength the king rejoices,
    and in your ^(P)salvation how greatly he exults!
²You have ^(Q)given him his heart's desire
    and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah
³For you ^(R)meet him with rich blessings;
    you set ^(S)a crown of ^(T)fine gold upon his head.
⁴He asked life of you; you ^(U)gave it to him,
    ^(V)length of days forever and ever.
⁵His ^(W)glory is great through your salvation;
    ^(X)splendor and majesty you bestow on him.
⁶For you make him most blessed forever;^[a]
    you make him glad with the ^(Y)joy of your presence.
⁷For the king trusts in the Lord,
    and through the steadfast love of the Most High he shall not be ^(Z)moved.

⁸Your hand will ^(AA)find out all your enemies;
    your right hand will find out those who hate you.
⁹You will make them as ^(AB)a blazing oven
    when you appear.
The Lord will swallow them up in his ^(AC)wrath,
    and ^(AD)fire will consume them.
¹⁰You ^(AE)will destroy their ^(AF)descendants from the earth,
    and their offspring from among the children of man.
¹¹Though they plan evil against you,
    though they ^(AG)devise mischief, they will not succeed.
¹²For you will put them ^(AH)to flight;
    you will ^(AI)aim at their faces with your bows.