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10 And if there is anyone[a] from the house of Israel or[b] from the alien who is dwelling in their midst who eats any blood, then[c] I will set my face against the person who eats the blood, and I will cut him off from among his people. 11 Indeed[d] the flesh’s life is in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your lives, because it is the blood with the life that makes atonement. 12 Therefore[e] I said to the Israelites,[f]None of you[g] may eat blood, nor[h] may the alien who is dwelling in your midst eat blood.’

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 17:10 Literally “a man a man”
  2. Leviticus 17:10 Or “and”
  3. Leviticus 17:10 Or “and”
  4. Leviticus 17:11 Or “Because”
  5. Leviticus 17:12 Literally “Unto thus”
  6. Leviticus 17:12 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  7. Leviticus 17:12 Literally “all of individual self from you not”
  8. Leviticus 17:12 Or “and not”