Old/New Testament
The Slaughter of Animals
17 The Lord spoke to Moses, 2 “Speak to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites, and tell them, ‘This is the word that the Lord has commanded, 3 “Blood guilt[a] will be accounted to any man[b] from the house of Israel[c] who slaughters an ox or a lamb or a goat inside the camp or outside the camp,[d] 4 but has not brought it to the entrance of the Meeting Tent[e] to present it as[f] an offering to the Lord before the tabernacle of the Lord. He has shed blood, so that man will be cut off from the midst of his people.[g] 5 This is so that[h] the Israelites will bring their sacrifices that they are sacrificing in the open field[i] to the Lord at the entrance of the Meeting Tent—to the priest—and sacrifice them there as peace-offering sacrifices to the Lord. 6 The priest is to splash[j] the blood on the altar[k] of the Lord at the entrance of the Meeting Tent, and offer the fat up in smoke for a soothing aroma to the Lord. 7 So the people[l] must no longer offer[m] their sacrifices to the goat demons,[n] acting like prostitutes by going after them.[o] This is to be a perpetual statute for them throughout their generations.”’[p]
8 “You are to say to them: ‘Any man[q] from the house of Israel or[r] from the resident foreigners who live[s] in their[t] midst, who offers[u] a burnt offering or a sacrifice 9 but does not bring it to the entrance of the Meeting Tent to offer it[v] to the Lord—that person will be cut off from his people.[w]
Prohibition against Eating Blood
10 “‘Any man[x] from the house of Israel or from the resident foreigners who live[y] in their[z] midst who eats any blood, I will set my face against that person who eats the blood, and I will cut him off from the midst of his people,[aa] 11 for the life of every living thing[ab] is in the blood.[ac] So I myself have assigned it to you[ad] on the altar to make atonement for your lives, for the blood makes atonement by means of the life.[ae] 12 Therefore, I have said to the Israelites: No person among you is to eat blood,[af] and no resident foreigner[ag] who lives among you is to eat blood.
13 “‘Any man from the Israelites[ah] or from the resident foreigners[ai] who live in their[aj] midst who hunts a wild animal[ak] or a bird that may be eaten[al] must pour out its blood and cover it with soil, 14 for the life of all flesh is its blood.[am] So I have said to the Israelites: You must not eat the blood of any living thing[an] because the life of every living thing is its blood—all who eat it will be cut off.[ao]
Regulations for Eating Carcasses
15 “‘Any person[ap] who eats an animal that has died of natural causes[aq] or an animal torn by beasts, whether a native citizen or a resident foreigner,[ar] must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening; then he will be clean. 16 But if he does not wash his clothes[as] and does not bathe his body, he will bear his punishment for his iniquity.’”[at]
Exhortation to Obedience and Life
18 The Lord spoke to Moses: 2 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them, ‘I am the Lord your God! 3 You must not do as they do in the land of Egypt where you have been living,[au] and you must not do as they do in the land of Canaan into which I am about to bring you;[av] you must not[aw] walk in their statutes. 4 You must observe my regulations[ax] and you must be sure to walk in my statutes.[ay] I am the Lord your God. 5 So you must keep[az] my statutes and my regulations; anyone who does so will live by keeping them.[ba] I am the Lord.
Laws of Sexual Relations
6 “‘No man is to approach any close relative[bb] to have sexual relations with her.[bc] I am the Lord.[bd] 7 You must not[be] expose your father’s nakedness by having sexual relations with your mother.[bf] She is your mother; you must not have sexual relations with her. 8 You must not have sexual relations with your father’s wife; she is your father’s nakedness.[bg] 9 You must not have sexual relations with your sister, whether she is your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter,[bh] whether she is born in the same household or born outside it;[bi] you must not have sexual relations with either of them.[bj] 10 You must not expose the nakedness of your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter by having sexual relations with them, because they are your own nakedness.[bk] 11 You must not have sexual relations with the daughter of your father’s wife born of your father; she is your sister. You must not have sexual relations with her.[bl] 12 You must not have sexual relations with your father’s sister; she is your father’s flesh.[bm] 13 You must not have sexual relations with your mother’s sister, because she is your mother’s flesh. 14 You must not expose the nakedness of your father’s brother; you must not approach his wife to have marital relations with her.[bn] She is your aunt.[bo] 15 You must not have sexual relations with your daughter-in-law; she is your son’s wife. You must not have sexual relations with her. 16 You must not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife; she is your brother’s nakedness.[bp] 17 You must not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter; you must not take as wife either her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter to have sexual relations with them.[bq] They are closely related to her[br]—it is lewdness.[bs] 18 You must not take a woman in marriage and then marry her sister as a rival wife[bt] while she is still alive,[bu] to have sexual relations with her.
19 “‘You must not approach a woman in her menstrual impurity[bv] to have sexual relations with her. 20 You must not have sexual relations[bw] with the wife of your fellow citizen to become unclean with her. 21 You must not give any of your children as an offering to Molech,[bx] so that you do not profane[by] the name of your God. I am the Lord! 22 You must not have sexual relations with a male as one has sexual relations with a woman;[bz] it is a detestable act.[ca] 23 You must not have sexual relations[cb] with any animal to become defiled with it, and a woman must not stand before an animal to have sexual relations with it;[cc] it is a perversion.[cd]
Warning against the Abominations of the Nations
24 “‘Do not defile yourselves with any of these things, for the nations that I am about to drive out before you[ce] have been defiled with all these things. 25 Therefore[cf] the land has become unclean and I have brought the punishment for its iniquity upon it,[cg] so that the land has vomited out its inhabitants. 26 You yourselves must obey[ch] my statutes and my regulations and must not do any of these abominations, both the native citizen and the resident foreigner[ci] in your midst, 27 for the people who were in the land before you have done all these abominations,[cj] and the land has become unclean. 28 So do not make the land vomit you out because you defile it[ck] just as it has vomited out the nations[cl] that were before you. 29 For if anyone does any of these abominations, that person who does them will be cut off from the midst of the people.[cm] 30 You must obey my charge not to practice any of the abominable statutes[cn] that have been done before you, so that you do not[co] defile yourselves by them. I am the Lord your God.’”
27 Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the governor’s residence[a] and gathered the whole cohort[b] around him. 28 They[c] stripped him and put a scarlet robe[d] around him, 29 and after braiding[e] a crown of thorns,[f] they put it on his head. They[g] put a staff[h] in his right hand, and kneeling down before him, they mocked him:[i] “Hail, king of the Jews!”[j] 30 They[k] spat on him and took the staff[l] and struck him repeatedly[m] on the head. 31 When[n] they had mocked him, they stripped him of the robe and put his own clothes back on him. Then[o] they led him away to crucify him.
The Crucifixion
32 As[p] they were going out, they found a man from Cyrene named Simon, whom they forced[q] to carry his cross.[r] 33 They[s] came to a place called Golgotha[t] (which means “Place of the Skull”)[u] 34 and offered Jesus[v] wine mixed with gall to drink.[w] But after tasting it, he would not drink it. 35 When[x] they had crucified[y] him, they divided his clothes by throwing dice.[z] 36 Then they sat down and kept guard over him there. 37 Above[aa] his head they put the charge against him,[ab] which read:[ac] “This is Jesus, the king of the Jews.” 38 Then two outlaws were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left. 39 Those[ad] who passed by defamed him, shaking their heads 40 and saying, “You who can destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself![ae] If you are God’s Son, come down[af] from the cross!” 41 In[ag] the same way even the chief priests—together with the experts in the law[ah] and elders[ai]—were mocking him:[aj] 42 “He saved others, but he cannot save himself! He is the king of Israel! If he comes down[ak] now from the cross, we will believe in him! 43 He trusts in God—let God, if he wants to, deliver him now[al] because he said, ‘I am God’s Son’!” 44 The[am] robbers who were crucified with him also spoke abusively to him.[an]
Jesus’ Death
45 Now from noon until three,[ao] darkness came over all the land.[ap] 46 At[aq] about three o’clock Jesus shouted with a loud voice,[ar] “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”[as] 47 When[at] some of the bystanders heard it, they said, “This man is calling for Elijah.” 48 Immediately[au] one of them ran and got a sponge, filled it with sour wine,[av] put it on a stick,[aw] and gave it to him to drink. 49 But the rest said, “Leave him alone! Let’s see if Elijah will come to save him.”[ax] 50 Then Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and gave up his spirit.
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