Old/New Testament
Forbidden Sacrifices
17 The Lord spoke to Moses: 2 “Speak to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites and tell them: This is what the Lord has commanded: 3 Anyone from the house of Israel who slaughters(A) an ox, sheep, or goat in the camp, or slaughters it outside the camp, 4 instead of bringing it to the entrance to the tent of meeting to present it as an offering to the Lord before his tabernacle—that person will be considered guilty.[a](B) He has shed blood(C) and is to be cut off from his people.(D) 5 This is so the Israelites will bring to the Lord the sacrifices(E) they have been offering in the open country. They are to bring them to the priest at the entrance to the tent of meeting and offer them as fellowship sacrifices(F) to the Lord. 6 The priest will then splatter the blood on the Lord’s altar at the entrance to the tent of meeting and burn the fat as a pleasing aroma to the Lord. 7 They must no longer offer their sacrifices to the goat-demons(G) that they have prostituted(H) themselves with. This will be a permanent statute(I) for them throughout their generations.
8 “Say to them: Anyone from the house of Israel or from the aliens(J) who reside among them who offers a burnt offering or a sacrifice 9 but does not bring it to the entrance to the tent of meeting to sacrifice it to the Lord, that person is to be cut off from his people.
Eating Blood and Carcasses Prohibited
10 “Anyone from the house of Israel or from the aliens who reside among them who eats any blood,(K) I will turn[b] against that person who eats blood and cut him off from his people. 11 For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have appointed it to you to make atonement on the altar for[c] your lives, since it is the lifeblood that makes atonement.(L) 12 Therefore I say to the Israelites: None of you and no alien who resides among you may eat blood.
13 “Any Israelite or alien residing among them, who hunts(M) down a wild animal or bird that may be eaten must drain its blood(N) and cover it with dirt. 14 Since the life of every creature is its blood, I have told the Israelites: You are not to eat the blood of any creature,(O) because the life of every creature is its blood; whoever eats it must be cut off.
15 “Every person, whether the native or the resident alien,(P) who eats an animal that died a natural death or was mauled by wild beasts(Q) is to wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening; then he will be clean. 16 But if he does not wash his clothes and bathe himself, he will bear his iniquity.”
Prohibited Pagan Practices
18 The Lord spoke to Moses: 2 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: I am the Lord your God.(R) 3 Do not follow the practices of the land of Egypt,(S) where you used to live, or follow the practices of the land of Canaan,(T) where I am bringing you. You must not follow their customs.(U) 4 You are to practice my ordinances(V) and you are to keep my statutes(W) by following them; I am the Lord your God. 5 Keep my statutes and ordinances; a person will live(X) if he does them.(Y) I am the Lord.
6 “You are not to come near(Z) any close relative[d] for sexual intercourse;(AA) I am the Lord. 7 You are not to violate the intimacy that belongs to your father(AB) and mother.[e] She is your mother; you must not have sexual intercourse with her. 8 You are not to have sex with your father’s wife;(AC) she is your father’s family.(AD) 9 You are not to have sexual intercourse with your sister, either your father’s daughter or your mother’s,(AE) whether born at home or born elsewhere. You are not to have sex with her. 10 You are not to have sexual intercourse with your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter, for they are your family.[f] 11 You are not to have sexual intercourse with your father’s wife’s daughter, who is adopted by[g] your father; she is your sister. 12 You are not to have sexual intercourse with your father’s sister;(AF) she is your father’s close relative. 13 You are not to have sexual intercourse with your mother’s sister,(AG) for she is your mother’s close relative. 14 You are not to violate the intimacy that belongs to[h] your father’s brother by approaching his wife to have sexual intercourse; she is your aunt.(AH) 15 You are not to have sexual intercourse with your daughter-in-law.(AI) She is your son’s wife; you are not to have sex with her. 16 You are not to have sexual intercourse with your brother’s wife; she is your brother’s family.(AJ) 17 You are not to have sexual intercourse with a woman and her daughter.(AK) You are not to marry her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter and have sex with her. They are close relatives; it is depraved.(AL) 18 You are not to marry a woman as a rival to her sister and have sexual intercourse with her during her sister’s lifetime.(AM)
19 “You are not to approach(AN) a woman during her menstrual impurity to have sexual intercourse with her.(AO) 20 You are not to have sexual intercourse with[i] your neighbor’s wife, defiling yourself with her.(AP)
21 “You are not to sacrifice any of your children in the fire[j] to Molech.(AQ) Do not profane the name(AR) of your God; I am the Lord. 22 You are not to sleep with a man as with a woman;(AS) it is detestable.(AT) 23 You are not to have sexual intercourse with[k] any animal, defiling yourself with it; a woman is not to present herself to an animal to mate with it;(AU) it is a perversion.
24 “Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves by all these things. 25 The land has become defiled, so I am punishing it for its iniquity, and the land will vomit out its inhabitants.(AV) 26 But you are to keep my statutes and ordinances. You must not commit any of these detestable acts—not the native or the alien who resides among you. 27 For the people who were in the land prior to you have committed all these detestable acts, and the land has become defiled. 28 If you defile the land, it will vomit(AW) you out as it has vomited out the nations that were before you. 29 Any person who does any of these detestable practices is to be cut off from his people. 30 You must keep my instruction to not do any of the detestable customs(AX) that were practiced before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them; I am the Lord your God.”
Mocked by the Military
27 Then(A) the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the governor’s residence and gathered the whole company[a] around him.(B) 28 They stripped him and dressed him in a scarlet robe.(C) 29 They twisted together a crown of thorns, put it on his head, and placed a staff in his right hand. And they knelt down before him and mocked him: “Hail, king of the Jews!” 30 Then they spat on him, took the staff, and kept hitting him on the head. 31 After they had mocked him, they stripped him of the robe, put his own clothes on him, and led him away to crucify him.(D)
Crucified Between Two Criminals
32 As they were going out, they found a Cyrenian man named Simon. They forced him to carry his cross.(E) 33 When they came to a place called Golgotha(F) (which means Place of the Skull), 34 they gave him wine[b] mixed with gall to drink. But when he tasted it, he refused to drink it. 35 After crucifying him, they divided his clothes by casting lots.[c](G) 36 Then they sat down and were guarding him there. 37 Above his head they put up the charge against him in writing: This Is Jesus, the King of the Jews.
38 Then two criminals[d] were crucified with him, one on the right and one on the left.(H) 39 Those who passed by were yelling insults at[e] him, shaking their heads(I) 40 and saying, “You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!” (J) 41 In the same way the chief priests, with the scribes and elders,[f] mocked him and said, 42 “He saved others, but he cannot save himself! He is the King of Israel!(K) Let him[g] come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him. 43 He trusts in God; let God rescue him now—if he takes pleasure in him![h] For he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’” 44 In the same way even the criminals who were crucified with him taunted him.(L)
The Death of Jesus
45 From noon until three in the afternoon,[i] darkness came over the whole land.[j](M) 46 About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “Elí, Elí, lemá[k] sabachtháni?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?”[l](N)
47 When some of those standing there heard this, they said, “He’s calling for Elijah.”
48 Immediately one of them ran and got a sponge, filled it with sour wine, put it on a stick, and offered him a drink.(O) 49 But the rest said, “Let’s see if Elijah comes to save him.”
50 But Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and gave up his spirit.(P)
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