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14 Indeed,[a] the life of all flesh, its blood, is in its life, so[b] I said to the Israelites,[c] ‘You may not eat the blood of any flesh, because the life of all flesh is its blood; anyone who eats it must be cut off.’

15 “And if there is any person who eats a dead body or[d] a mangled carcass, whether among the native or[e] among the alien, then[f] he shall wash his garments, and he shall wash himself[g] with water, and he shall be unclean until the evening, and he shall be clean. 16 But[h] if he does not wash his garments[i] and he does not wash his body, then[j] he shall bear his guilt.”

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 17:14 Or “Because”
  2. Leviticus 17:14 Or “and”
  3. Leviticus 17:14 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  4. Leviticus 17:15 Or “and”
  5. Leviticus 17:15 Or “and”
  6. Leviticus 17:15 Or “and”
  7. Leviticus 17:15 The direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  8. Leviticus 17:16 Or “And”
  9. Leviticus 17:16 The direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  10. Leviticus 17:16 Or “and”