Preface:    What about offering up an animal privately, not in association with the Tabernacle? This chapter covers that. What about eating the meat of an animal which has died from natural causes or has been mauled by another animal? This chapter deals with that question as well.

The Bible Summary of Leviticus 17 (in 140 characters or less): Anyone who kills an animal and does not bring an offering is guilty. The life is in the blood and I have given it to make atonement.

There are many chapter commentaries on the book of Leviticus. This will be the most extensive examination of Leviticus 17, where you will be able to examine in depth every word of the original text. Every attempt has been made to make this both a complete and self-contained study. Therefore, all references, vocabulary, and related concepts should be found within this extensive study. Easy access links to more in-depth studies of some vocabulary words, concepts and doctrines are also provided.

Outline of Chapter 17:

Introduction

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Chapter Summary

Addendum

Charts, Graphics and Short Doctrines:

         Preface               Quotations

         Introduction         Titles and/or Brief Descriptions of Leviticus 17 (by various commentators)

         Introduction         Brief, but insightful observations of Leviticus 17 (various commentators)

         Introduction         Fundamental Questions About Leviticus 17

         Introduction         The Prequel of Leviticus 17

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         Introduction         The Principals of Leviticus 17

         Introduction         The Places of Leviticus 17

         Introduction         By the Numbers

         Introduction         Timeline for Leviticus 17

         Introduction         A Synopsis of Leviticus 17

         Introduction         Outlines of Leviticus 17 (Various Commentators)

         Introduction         A Synopsis of Leviticus 17 from the Summarized Bible

         Introduction         The Big Picture (Leviticus 1–15)

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         Summary            A Set of Summary Doctrines and Commentary

         Summary            A brief review of Leviticus 17

         Summary            Why Leviticus 17 is in the Word of God

         Summary            What We Learn from Leviticus 17

         Summary            Jesus Christ in Leviticus 17

         Summary            Shmoop Summary of Leviticus 17

         Summary            Edersheim Summarizes Leviticus 17

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         Addendum          Extensive Footnote on Goats (from the Heritage Bible)

         Addendum          Extensive Footnote on the Soul of the Flesh (the Heritage Bible)

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         Addendum          Josephus’ History of this Time Period

         Addendum          A Complete Translation of Leviticus 17

         Addendum          Doctrinal Teachers Who Have Taught Leviticus 17

         Addendum          Word Cloud from a Reasonably Literal Paraphrase of Leviticus 17

         Addendum          Word Cloud from Exegesis of Leviticus 17

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An Introduction to Leviticus 17

I ntroduction: The first section of Leviticus 17 speaks to incorrect procedure when it comes to offering up animal sacrifices. When someone simply goes rogue and offers up an animal sacrifice on his own, perhaps as an offering for his family, that is not allowed. All animal sacrifices must be routed through the priesthood and the Tabernacle.

In the second half of this chapter, there is a clear warning not to eat animal blood. Also, a person who eats the flesh of an animal which has died of natural causes or has been mauled by another animal—such a person makes himself unclean. How to deal with that is also covered in this chapter.

At different times during his ministry, R. B. Thieme, Jr. emphasized different themes. One of these was precisely correct procedure. God does not accept people who think that they are right, who are sincere, who always do what they think is the best thing. The most degenerate book in the Bible, Judges, contains the phrase and every man did what was right in his sight several times. When we simply do what we believe to be right, regardless of God's mandates, then we are making God in our own image, the worst kind of idolatry. The first portion of Leviticus 17 deals with the renegade Jews, those who choose to worship in the way that they feel is best—and prescribes excommunication for them; the second portion forbids the eating of blood.

Leviticus 17–26 is sometimes called the Holiness Code, as these chapters deal with the correct approach to God after one has been redeemed.

Timeline for Leviticus

There is very little narrative in the book of Leviticus; so this information may have been given to Moses in a few days or, at most, a few weeks; and Moses both wrote these things down and informed the people. Because of information previously studied in the introduction, we are not 100% certain if all of this material was given to Moses while in the newly erected Tabernacle. I would lean towards that being the case.

As I have done previously, since this chapters is what God is saying to Moses, I will begin and end the chapter with quotation marks. I will not insert a new set of quotation marks for each new paragraph.

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I first tried to group vv. 1–4 to be followed by vv. 5–7; however, there were so many continuations from v. 4 to 5 that I changed to grouping vv. 1–5. When a translator grouped these verses differently, then I showed that.

Here is how others have translated this passage:

Ancient texts:                       Note: I compare the Hebrew text to English translations of the Latin, Syriac (= Aramaic) and Greek texts, using the Douay-Rheims translation; George Lamsa’s translation, and Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton’s translation as revised and edited by Paul W. Esposito, respectively. I often update these texts with non-substantive changes (e.g., you for thou, etc.). I often use the text of the Complete Apostles’ Bible instead of Brenton’s translation, because it updates the English text.

The Septuagint was the earliest known translation of a book (circa 200 b.c.). Since this translation was made before the textual criticism had been developed into a science and because different books appear to be translated by different men, the Greek translation can sometimes be very uneven.

When there are serious disparities between my translation and Brenton’s (or the text of the Complete Apostles’ Bible), I look at the Greek text of the Septuagint (the LXX) to see if a substantive difference actually exists (and I reflect these changes in the English rendering of the Greek text). I use the Greek LXX with Strong’s numbers and morphology available for e-sword. The only problem with this resource (which is a problem for similar resources) is, there is no way to further explore Greek verbs which are not found in the New Testament. Although I usually quote the Complete Apostles’ Bible here, I have begun to make changes in the translation when their translation conflicts with the Greek and note what those changes are.

The Masoretic text is the Hebrew text with all of the vowels (vowel points) inserted (the original Hebrew text lacked vowels). We take the Masoretic text to be the text closest to the original. However, differences between the Masoretic text and the Greek, Latin and Syriac are worth noting and, once in a great while, represent a more accurate text possessed by those other ancient translators.

In general, the Latin text is an outstanding translation from the Hebrew text into Latin and very trustworthy (I say this as a non-Catholic). Unfortunately, I do not read Latin—apart from some very obvious words—so I am dependent upon the English translation of the Latin (principally, the Douay-Rheims translation).

The comparisons which I do are primarily between the English translations which are taken from the ancient tongues. For the most part, the variances are so minor that I rarely investigate them any further than that.

Underlined words indicate differences in the text.

Bracketed portions of the Dead Sea Scrolls are words, letters and phrases lost in the scroll due to various types of damage. Underlined words or phrases are those in the Dead Sea Scrolls but not in the Masoretic text.

I will only list the translation from the Dead Sea Scrolls if it exists and if it is different from the Masoretic text.

The Targum of Onkelos is actually the Pentateuchal Targumim, which are The Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan Ben Uzziel. On the Pentateuch With The Fragments of the Jerusalem Targum From the Chaldee by J. W. Etheridge, M.A. From http://www.becomingjewish.org/texts/targum/onkelos_Leviticus.html and first published in 1862.

Occasionally, there is an obvious error in the English translation, and I correct those without additional mention or footnoting. For instance, the online version of the Targum of Onkelos which I use has gorund in Ex. 4:9; I simply corrected the text. This may occur once or twice in a chapter.

I attempt to include translations which are different in their vocabulary and phrasing. On many occasions, I may include a translation which is not substantially different than another listed translation.

Most of the translations can be found here.

Ancient texts:

Masoretic Text (Hebrew)        And so speaks Y^ehowah unto Moses, to say, “Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons and unto all sons of Israel, and you have said unto them ‘This the word which commanded Y^ehowah to say, a man, a man from a house of Israel who will slaughter a bull or a lamb or a female goat in the camp or who slaughters [it] from outside of regarding the camp; and unto an opening of a Tent of Meeting—he has not brought near to approach [with] an offering to Y^ehowah to faces of a Tabernacle of Y^ehowah; [then] blood is accounted to a man, this blood he has shed. And has been cut off the man from a midst of his people, for the sake of which will bring in sons of Israel their slaughterings which they slaughtered upon faces of the open field. And they will bring in to Y^ehowah unto an opening of a tent of assembly unto the priest and he has slaughtered slaughterings of peace to Y^ehowah them.

Dead Sea Scrolls                   .

Targum (Onkelos)                  . Translation for Onkelos and Pseudo-Jonathan by J. W. Etheridge, M.A. (1862).

Targum (Pseudo-Jonathan)   .

Jerusalem targum                  .

Updated Douay-Rheims         .

Douay-Rheims 1899 (Amer.) And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

Speak to Aaron and his sons, and to all the children of Israel, saying to them: This is the word, which the Lord hath commanded, saying:

Any man whosoever of the house of Israel, if he kill an ox, or a sheep, or a goat in the camp, or without the camp,

And offer it not at the door of the tabernacle an oblation to the Lord, shall be guilty of blood. As if he had shed blood, so shall he perish from the midst of his people.

Therefore the children of Israel shall bring to the priest their victims, which they kill in the field, that they may be sanctified to the Lord before the door of the tabernacle of the testimony: and they may sacrifice them for peace offerings to the Lord.

Aramaic ESV of Peshitta        Mar-Yah spoke to Mosha, saying,

"Speak to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the B'nai Yisrael, and say to them: 'This is the thing which Mar-Yah has commanded,

Whatever man there is of the house of Yisrael, who kills a bull, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or who kills it outside the camp,

and has not brought it to the door of the Tabernacle, to offer it as an offering to Mar-Yah before the tabernacle of Mar-Yah: blood shall be imputed to that man. He has shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his people.

This is to the end that the B'nai Yisrael may bring their sacrifices, which they sacrifice in the open field, that they may bring them to Mar-Yah, to the door of the Tabernacle, to the priest, and sacrifice them for sacrifices of peace offerings to Mar-Yah.

Lamsa’s Peshitta (Syriac)     .

V. Alexander’s Aramaic T.     .

Samaritan Pentateuch           .

Updated Brenton (Greek)       And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

Speak to Aaron and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel, and you shall say to them, This is the word which the Lord has commanded, saying,

Every man of the children of Israel, or of the strangers abiding among you, who shall kill a calf, or a sheep, or a goat in the camp, or who shall kill it outside of the camp,

and shall not bring it to the door of the tabernacle of witness, so as to sacrifice it for a whole burnt offering or peace-offering to the Lord to be acceptable for a sweet-smelling savor; and whosoever shall kill it outside the camp, and shall not bring it to the door of the tabernacle of witness, so as to offer it as a gift to the Lord before the tabernacle of the Lord; blood shall be imputed to that man, he has shed blood; that soul shall be cut off from his people.

That the children of Israel may offer their sacrifices, all that they shall kill in the fields, and bring them to the Lord, unto the doors of the tabernacle of witness to the priest, and they shall sacrifice them as a peace-offering to the Lord.

Significant differences: 

Limited Vocabulary Translations:

Bible in Basic English             And the Lord said to Moses, 

Say to Aaron and to his sons and to all the children of Israel: This is the order which the Lord has given. 

If any man of Israel puts to death an ox or a lamb or a goat, in or outside the tent-circle; 

And has not taken it to the door of the Tent of meeting, to make an offering to the Lord, before the Lord's House, its blood will be on him, for he has taken life, and he will be cut off from among his people: 

So that the children of Israel may take to the Lord, to the door of the Tent of meeting and to the priest, the offerings which they have put to death in the open country, and that they may make their peace-offerings to the Lord.

Easy English                          .

Easy-to-Read Version–2008  The LORD said to Moses, "Speak to Aaron and to his sons, and to all the Israelites. Tell them this is what the LORD has commanded: Any one of you Israelites might kill a bull, a lamb, or a goat. You might be in the camp or outside the camp. It doesn't matter; you must bring that animal to the entrance of the Meeting Tent. You must give a part of that animal as a gift to the LORD. You spilled blood, so you must take a gift to the LORD'S Holy Tent. If you don't take part of the animal as a gift to the LORD, you must be separated from your people! This rule is so that you will bring your fellowship offering to the LORD. You must bring any animal that you kill in the field to the LORD at the entrance of the Meeting Tent. Bring those animals to the priest.

God’s Word™                         The LORD spoke to Moses, "Tell Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites that this is what the LORD has commanded: Any Israelite who slaughters a bull, sheep, or goat inside or outside the camp is guilty of bloodshed. He has shed blood and must be excluded from the people. Bring the animal to the entrance of the tent of meeting. Offer it to the LORD in front of the LORD'S tent. This means that the people of Israel must take the sacrifices they have been making in the open fields and bring them to the LORD. They must bring them to the priest at the entrance to the tent of meeting. The people will sacrifice them as fellowship offerings to the LORD.

Good News Bible (TEV)         The LORD commanded Moses to give Aaron and his sons and all the people of Israel the following regulations. Any Israelites who kill a cow or a sheep or a goat as an offering to the LORD anywhere except at the entrance of the Tent of the LORD's presence have broken the Law. They have shed blood and shall no longer be considered God's people. The meaning of this command is that the people of Israel shall now bring to the LORD the animals which they used to kill in the open country. They shall now bring them to the priest at the entrance of the Tent and kill them as fellowship offerings.

The Message                         .

Names of God Bible               .

NIRV                                      .

New Simplified Bible              .

Thought-for-thought translations; dynamic translations; paraphrases:

Casual English Bible             .

Contemporary English V.       The LORD told Moses to tell Aaron, his sons, and everyone else in Israel: Whenever you kill any of your cattle, sheep, or goats as sacrifices to me, you must do it at the entrance to the sacred tent. If you don't, you will be guilty of pouring out blood, and you will no longer belong to the community of Israel. V. 5 will be placed with the next passage for context.

The Living Bible                     .

New Berkeley Version           .

New Life Version                    .

New Living Translation           .

UnfoldingWord (Simplified)    Yahweh also said to Moses, "Speak to Aaron and his sons and to all the other Israelites. Tell them that I am giving them the following commands: If you sacrifice an ox, a lamb, or a goat, you must bring it to the priest at the entrance to the area of the sacred tent, so that he may present it to me there. If you slaughter it anywhere else as a sacrifice, whether in the camp or outside of it, you will be guilty of shedding its blood in an unacceptable place. If you do that, you will no longer be allowed to be with Yahweh's people. Yahweh is telling you to do this so that you will no longer offer sacrifices in the open fields; instead, you must offer them to him in the proper manner: By taking them to the priest at the entrance to the area of the sacred tent, to be offerings to promise friendship with him.

Partially literal and partially paraphrased translations:

American English Bible          .

Beck’s American Translation .

Common English Bible           .

New Advent (Knox) Bible       .

Translation for Translators     .

Mostly literal renderings (with some occasional paraphrasing):

Christian Standard Bible        .

Berean Study Bible                .

Conservapedia                       .

Revised Ferrar-Fenton Bible  .

God’s Truth (Tyndale)           .

The Heritage Bible                          And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

Speak to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel, and say to them, This is the word which Jehovah has commanded, saying,

Whatever man of the house of Israel who kills an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or who kills outside of the camp,

And does not come to the door of the tent of appointed meeting to bring near an offering to Jehovah, before the face of the tabernacle of Jehovah, blood shall be calculated to that man; he has spilled blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his people;

In order that the sacrifices which the children of Israel sacrifice on the face of the field may come to Jehovah, to the door of the tent of appointed meeting, to the priest, and sacrifice them for peace offerings to Jehovah.

International Standard V        Ritual Animal Slaughter

The Lord spoke to Moses, “Speak to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelis and tell them that this is what the Lord has commanded. When a person from the house of Israel slaughters an ox, a lamb, or a goat, whether in the camp or outside the camp, but fails to bring it to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting as an offering in the presence of the tent of the Lord, that person will incur blood guiltiness. Because he has shed blood, that person is to be eliminated from contact with [The Heb. lacks from contact with] his people.” V. 5 will be placed with the next passage for context.

Lexham English Bible            .

NIV, ©2011                             .

Unfolding Word Literal Text   .

Urim-Thummim Version         YHWH spoke to Moses saying,

Speak to Aaron and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel saying to them, This is what YHWH has commanded saying, Any man from the House of Israel who slaughters ox, lamb, or goat, in the camp, or who slaughters it outside of the camp, and does not bring it to the entrance of the Tabernacle at the Appointed Place, to present an offering to YHWH before the Tabernacle of YHWH, blood will be imputed to that man, for he has spilled blood and that man will be cut off from among his people. To the end that the children of Israel may bring in their sacrifices that they are offering in the open field, that they may bring in to YHWH, to the entrance of the Tabernacle at the Appointed Place to the priest and slaughter them as Peace-Offerings to YHWH.

Wikipedia Bible Project          And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying:

Speak to Aaron and his sons, and to all the sons of Israel, and you said to them:
This is the thing that Yahweh commanded to say.

Each man from the house of Israel who will slaughter an ox or a sheep or a goat in the camp, or who will slaughter outside the camp.

And he did not bring it to the opening of the tent of events to sacrifice as an offering to Yahweh, by the rules of Yahweh's dwelling, it will be considered blood on that man, spilled blood, and that man will be cut off from among his people.

This so that the sons of Israel will bring their sacrifices which are sacrificed over the fields, and they would bring them to the Yahweh to the opening of the tent of events, to the priest, and they would offer them a payment offer to Yahweh.

Catholic Bibles (those having the imprimatur):

Christian Community (1988)  THE LAW OF HOLINESS

• Yahweh said to Moses, “Speak to Aaron, his sons and all the Israelites and say to them: This is what Yahweh has commanded: Any man from the house of Israel who kills an ox, or a lamb or a goat in the camp or outside the camp and does not bring it to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting to make an offering of it to Yahweh before the tabernacle of Yahweh—that man shall be considered guilty of bloodshed. He has shed blood and he shall be cut off from among his people.

The reason for this ordinance is so that the sons of Israel may bring the sacrifices that they used to slay in the fields to Yahweh at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, to the priests, and sacrifice them as sacrifices of peace to Yahweh.

• 17.1 In this chapter, we have the beginning of the Law of Holiness, or, the law of a people consecrated to God.

The law about blood was a way of instructing about and instilling a sense of the sacred meaning of life. This is summarized in chapter

Just as with most primitive people, the Hebrews believed that life was in the blood. Therefore, blood was sacred, even the blood of animals, and could only be offered to God (see Gen 9:5). If it was not offered on the altar, it must be poured on the ground, but must not be consumed.

New American Bible(2011)    .

The Catholic Bible                  .

New Jerusalem Bible             .

NRSV (Anglicized Cath. Ed.) .

Revised English Bible–1989            .

Jewish/Hebrew Names Bibles:

Complete Jewish Bible           .

exeGeses companion Bible   .

Hebraic Roots Bible               .

Kaplan Translation                 . The Kaplan Translation, particularly in Leviticus through Deuteronomy, takes note of historic rabbinic opinions.

The Scriptures–2009              And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying, 

“Speak to Aharon, to his sons, and to all the children of Yisra’ěl, and say to them, ‘This is the word which יהוה has commanded, saying, 

“Any man from the house of Yisra’ěl who slays a bull or a lamb or a goat in the camp, or who slays it outside the camp, and does not bring it to the door of the Tent of Appointment, to bring an offering to יהוה before the Dwelling Place of יהוה, blood-guilt is reckoned to that man. He has shed blood, and that man shall be cut off from among his people, in order that the children of Yisra’ěl bring their slaughterings which they slaughter in the open field. And they shall bring them to יהוה at the door of the Tent of Appointment, to the priest, and slaughter them as slaughterings of peace offerings to יהוה.

Tree of Life Version                Then Adonai spoke to Moses, saying:

“Speak to Aaron, to his sons, and to all Bnei-Yisrael, and say to them: This is the word which Adonai has commanded. Anyone from the house of Israel who slaughters a bull, a lamb or a goat in the camp or outside the camp, but has not brought it to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting to offer it as a sacrifice to Adonai before the Tabernacle—let bloodguilt be charged to that man. He has shed blood—that man is to be cut off from among his people. Thus Bnei-Yisrael may bring their sacrifices that they were making in the open field to Adonai, at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting to the kohen, and offer them as sacrifices of fellowship offerings to Adonai.

Weird English, Olde English, Anachronistic English Translations:

Alpha & Omega Bible            AND JESUS SPOKE TO MOSES, SAYING,

“SPEAK TO AARON AND TO HIS SONS, AND TO ALL THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, AND YOU SHALL SAY TO THEM, ‘THIS IS THE WORD WHICH JESUS HAS COMMANDED, SAYING,

«EVERY MAN OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, OR OF THE STRANGERS ABIDING AMONG YOU, WHO SHALL KILL A CALF, OR A SHEEP, OR A GOAT IN THE CAMP, OR WHO SHALL KILL IT OUT OF THE CAMP,

AND SHALL NOT BRING IT TO THE DOOR OF THE TABERNACLE OF WITNESS, SO AS TO SACRIFICE IT FOR A WHOLE BURNT OFFERING OR PEACE-OFFERING TO JESUS TO BE ACCEPTABLE FOR A SWEET-SMELLING SCENT: AND WHOSOEVER SHALL SLAY IT OUTSIDE, AND SHALL NOT BRING IT TO THE DOOR OF THE TABERNACLE OF WITNESS, SO AS TO OFFER IT AS A GIFT TO JESUS BEFORE THE TABERNACLE OF JESUS; BLOOD SHALL BE IMPUTED TO THAT MAN, HE HAS SHED BLOOD; THAT SOUL SHALL BE CUT OFF FROM HIS PEOPLE.

THAT THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL MAY OFFER THEIR SACRIFICES, ALL THAT THEY SHALL SLAY IN THE FIELDS, AND BRING THEM TO JESUS UNTO THE DOORS OF THE TABERNACLE OF WITNESS TO THE PRIEST, AND THEY SHALL SACRIFICE THEM AS A PEACE-OFFERING TO JESUS.

Awful Scroll Bible                   Sustains To Become was to speak to Moses, to the intent:

Be speaking to Aaron, his sons, and the sons of Isra-el, even is you to have directed to them, the concern of Sustains To Become as he is to have given charge, to the intent:

Any man of the house of Isra-el, that was to slaughter a plowing beast, a young ram or she-goat, in the camp or was to slaughter it without the camp -

is he to have brought it in, to the opening of the tent of the appointed place, to bring it near as an offering to Sustains To Become even turned before the dwelling place of Sustains To Become - The blood was to be reckoned to that man, he is to have shed blood, and was to be cut off from among the people.

The sons of Isra-el were to bring in their sacrifices, that they are slaughtering, turned toward the field, even are they to have brought them in to Sustains To Become at the opening of the tent of the appointed place, to the priest, and are to have sacrificed them for a peace offering, even a sacrifice to Sustains To Become.

Concordant Literal Version    Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying.

Speak to Aaron and to his sons and to all the sons of Israel and say to them:This is the thing which Yahweh has instructed, saying,

Any man from the house of Israel who slays a bull or a sheep or a goat in the camp, or who slays it outside the camp, and does not bring it to the opening of the tent of appointment so as to bring it near as an approach present to Yahweh before the tabernacle of Yahweh, bloodshed shall be accounted to that man. He has shed blood; hence that man will be cut off from among his people.

This is in order that the sons of Israel may bring their sacrifices which they have been sacrificing on the surface of the field--that they bring them before Yahweh, to the priest at the opening of the tent of appointment, and sacrifice them as sacrifices of peace offerings to Yahweh.

exeGeses companion Bible   TORAH ON SLAUGHTER

And Yah Veh words to Mosheh, saying,

Word to Aharon and to his sons

and to all the sons of Yisra El, and say to them;

This is the word Yah Veh misvahed, saying,

A man - any man of the house of Yisra El

who slaughters ox or lamb or goat inside the camp,

or who slaughters outside the camp,

and brings it not

to the opening of the tent of the congregation,

to oblate a qorban to Yah Veh

at the face of the tabernacle of Yah Veh;

blood fabricates to that man

- he poured blood;

and that man is cut off from among his people

- so that the sons of Yisra El

bring the sacrifices they sacrifice

on the face of the field;

yes, they bring them to Yah Veh

to the opening of the tent of the congregation

to the priest;

and sacrifice them for shelamim to Yah Veh:.

Orthodox Jewish Bible           And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying,

Speak unto Aharon, and unto his banim, and unto all the Bnei Yisroel, and say unto them: This is the thing which Hashem hath commanded, saying,

What man soever there be of Bais Yisroel, that sacrificeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the machaneh, or that sacrificeth it outside of the machaneh,

And bringeth it not unto the petach (entrance) of the Ohel Mo'ed, to offer a korban unto Hashem before the Mishkan of Hashem, [shefach] dahm (shedding of blood) shall be imputed unto that man; he hath committed shefach dahm; and that man shall be cut off [see Daniel 9:26 regarding Moshiach] from among his people;

To the end that the Bnei Yisroel may bring their zevakhim, which they offer in the open sadeh, even that they may bring them unto Hashem, unto the petach of the Ohel Mo'ed, unto the kohen, and offer them for zivkhei shelamim unto Hashem.

Rotherham’s Emphasized B.          § 14. Sacrifices to be offered unto Yahweh, not unto Demons:

Blood not to be eaten.

Chapter 17.

And Yahweh spake unto Mosesˎ saying:—

Speak unto Aaronˎ and unto his sonsˎ and unto all the sons of Israel, and thou shalt say unto them,—

||This|| is the thing which Yahweh hath commandedˎ saying:

≤||What man soever|| there be of the house of Israel, who slayeth an ox or lamb or goatˎ in the camp,—or who slayeth it outside the camp; and <unto the entrance of the tent of meeting> bringeth it not in, to present [it as] an oblation unto Yahweh, before the habitation of Yahweh≥ ||blood|| shall be imputed to that man—<blood> hath he shed, therefore shall that man be cut off from the midst of his people: to the end that the sons of Israel may bring in their sacrifices which theyʹ are offering upon the face of the field, that they may bring them in unto Yahweh— unto the entrance of the tent of meetingˎ unto the priest,—and that so <as peaceʹ-offerings unto Yahweh> they may offer them.

Expanded/Embellished Bibles:

The Amplified Bible                .

The Expanded Bible              .

Kretzmann’s Commentary    .

Lexham English Bible            The Place of Sacrifice

Then [Or “And”] Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

“Speak to Aaron and to his sons and to all the Israelites, [Literally “sons/children of Israel”] and you shall say to them, ‘This is the word that Yahweh has commanded, saying, “Any man [Literally “A man a man”] from the house of Israel who slaughters an ox or a sheep or a goat in the camp or who slaughters it outside the camp [Literally “from an outside place of the camp”] and he does not bring it to the tent of assembly’s entrance to present an offering to Yahweh before [Literally “to the faces of”] Yahweh’s tabernacle, then [Or “and”] that man shall be accounted bloodguilty—he has poured out blood, and that man shall be cut off from the midst of his people. This is so that the Israelites [Literally “sons/children of Israel”] may bring their sacrifices that they are sacrificing in the open field [Literally “on the faces of the field”] and bring [Or “they shall bring”] them for Yahweh to the tent of assembly’s entrance to the priest, and they shall sacrifice fellowship offerings for Yahweh with them.

Syndein/Thieme                     .

The Voice                               .

Bible Translations with Many Footnotes:

The Complete Tanach           .

The Geneva Bible                  .

Kaplan Translation                 Slaughtering Animals

God spoke to Moses, telling him to to Aaron, his sons, and the [other] Israelites, telling them that the following is literally what God commanded:

If any member of the family of Israel sacrifices an ox, sheep or goat, whether in the camp or outside the camp,

and does not bring it to the Communion Tent to be offered as a sacrifice to God before His sanctuary, that person is considered a murderer. That person has committed an act of murder, and he shall be cut off [spiritually] from among his people.

The Israelites shall thus take the sacrifices that they are offering in the fields, and bring them to God, to the Communion Tent entrance, [where they are given] to the priest. They can then be offered as peace offerings to God.

God spoke...

This completes the laws of sacrifice and the sanctuary.

sacrifices

(Rashi). This commandment forbids any sacrifice outside the Tabernacle or Temple (Sefer HaMitzvoth, Negative 90). In the desert, it was a general prohibition against killing any animal except as a peace offering (Ramban; see Deuteronomy 12:15,21).

murderer

For killing the animal (Ramban; Bachya; Chinukh 186; cf. Rashi; Targum Yonathan). Literally, 'Blood shall be counted for that man; he has spilled blood.' Some say that it is like eating blood (Abarbanel; HaKethav VeHaKabbalah).

cut off spiritually

See Genesis 17:14; Bachya on Leviticus 18:29).

NET Bible®                             .

New American Bible(2011)    .

Rotherham’s Emphasized B. .

Literal, almost word-for-word, renderings:

A Faithful Version                  And the LORD spoke to Moses saying, "Speak to Aaron and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel, and say to them, 'This is the thing which the LORD has commanded, saying, "Any man of the house of Israel who kills an ox or lamb or goat for a sacrifice to the LORD in the camp, or kills it out of the camp, And does not bring it to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation to offer an offering to the LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD, blood guilt shall be charged to that man; he has shed blood. And that man shall be cut off from among his people, So that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices which they offer in the open field, even that they may bring them to the LORD, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to the priest, and offer them for peace offerings to the LORD.

C. Thomson Updated OT       .

Charles Thomson OT            Again the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to Aaron and his sons, and to all the sons of Israel, and thou shalt say unto them, This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded, saying, Be the man who he may of the children of Israel, or of the proselytes who dwell among you, who shall kill a young bull, or a sheep, or a goat, in the camp, or who shall kill any of them out of the camp, and not bring it to the door of the tabernacle of the testimony, that it may be offered for a whole burnt offering, or for a thank offering to the Lord, to be accepted for a smell of fragrance; even though he kill it without the camp, if he bring it not to the door of the tabernacle of the testimony, that it may be offered as a gift to the Lord, before the tabernacle of the Lord, blood shall be imputed to that man. He hath shed blood; that person shall be cut off from among his people. V. 5 will be placed with the next passage for context.

Context Group Version          And YHWH spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the sons of Israel, and say to them: This is the thing which YHWH has commanded, saying, Any man of the house of Israel, that kills an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that kills it outside the camp, and has not brought it to the door of the tent of meeting to make it an ascension [offering] or peace-offerings for YHWH, so as to be accepted, as a pleasing odor, but kills it outside, and does not bring it to the door of the tent of meeting to offer it as an offering for YHWH before the tabernacle of YHWH: blood shall be credited to that man; he has shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his people: To the end that the sons of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they sacrifice in the open field, even that they may bring them to YHWH, to the door of the tent of meeting, to the priest, and sacrifice them for sacrifices of peace-offerings to YHWH.

English Standard Version      .

Green’s Literal Translation    .

Legacy Standard Bible           .

Literal Standard Version        . Dwelling Place

Modern English Version         .

Modern Literal Version 2020  And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to Aaron and to his sons and to all the sons of Israel and say to them, This is the thing which Jehovah has commanded, saying, Whatever man there is from the house of Israel, who kills an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or who kills it outside the camp, and has not brought it to the door of the tent of meeting, to offer it as an offering to Jehovah before the tabernacle of Jehovah, blood will be reckoned to that man. He has shed blood and that man will be cut off from among his people, to the end that the sons of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they sacrifice in the open field, even that they may bring them to Jehovah, to the door of the tent of meeting, to the priest and sacrifice them for sacrifices of peace-offerings to Jehovah.

New American Standard B.    .

New European Version          .

New King James Version       .

Niobi Study Bible                   .

Revised Mechanical Trans.    ...and YHWH spoke to Mosheh saying, speak to Aharon and to his sons and to all the sons of Yisra'eyl, and you will say to them this word which YHWH directed, saying, each man from the house of Yisra'eyl which will slay an ox or a sheep or a she-goat in the camp, or which he will slay outside the camp, and did not bring it to the opening of the appointed tent to bring near a donation for YHWH, to the face of the dwelling of YHWH, blood is considered for the man, this is blood poured out, and this man will be cut from the inside of his people. For that which the sons of Yisra'eyl will bring their sacrifices which they are sacrificing upon the face of the field, and they will bring them to YHWH, to the opening of the appointed tent, to the administrator, and they will sacrifice them as the sacrifices of the offering of restitutions to YHWH,... The RMT has very few periods, but they did have one at the end of v. 4.

Updated Bible Version 2.17   .

A Voice in the Wilderness      And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to Aaron, to his sons, and to all the children of Israel, and say to them, This is the thing which Jehovah has commanded, saying: Any man of the house of Israel who kills an ox or lamb or goat in the camp, or who kills it outside the camp, and does not bring it to the door of the tent of meeting to offer an offering unto Jehovah before the tabernacle of Jehovah, blood shall be imputed to that man. He has shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his people; so that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices which they offer in the open field, that they may bring them unto Jehovah at the door of the tent of meeting, to the priest, and offer them as peace offerings unto Jehovah.

Webster’s Bible Translation  .

World English Bible                .

Young's Literal Translation     .

Young's Updated LT              .

The gist of this passage: 

1-5

Translation: And so Y^ehowah speaks unto Moses, to say,...

Almost every chapter of Leviticus begins with these words. Or begins with God speaks to Moses and Aaron.

Twenty of the twenty-seven chapters of Leviticus begin with this phrase or something quite similar to it. After the first third of Leviticus, the ones dividing it into chapters and verses finally decided to allow God to divide up the chapters for them by beginning a new chapter where Moses began a new chapter.

Translation: ...“Speak to Aaron and to his sons and to all the sons of Israel,...

Moses has the responsibility to speak to Aaron, to his sons and to all of Israel concerning the things which follow in this passage. Moses is not going to speak to all one million males of Israel, but he will speak to a number of groups and then they will pass this information along to everyone else in Israel (at least to the adult males).

Translation: ...and you have said to them [all], ‘This [is] the word which Y^ehowah commanded [me] to say:...

What is key is, these words which Moses speaks come directly from God. This is a commandment coming from the God of Israel.

Leviticus 17:1–2 And so Y^ehowah speaks unto Moses, to say, “Speak to Aaron and to his sons and to all the sons of Israel, and you have said to them [all], ‘This [is] the word which Y^ehowah commanded [me] to say:... (Kukis mostly literal translation)

There are ceremonial laws which pertain only to the Levitical priesthood (I really should say the Aaronic priesthood) and laws which pertain to all; these obviously pertain to all.

Translation: ...Any man from the house of Israel who slaughters a bull or a lamb or a female goat in the camp or who slaughters [it] outside of the camp—...

The first word in this sentence is ʾîysh (אִיש) [pronounced eesh] and it means man. The second word in this sentence is ʾîysh (אִיש) [pronounced eesh] and it means man. Strong's #376 BDB #35. This not-too-unusual construction occurs in Leviticus 17:8, 10, 13 18:6 20:2, 9 22:18 and several other passages. Since the absolute and the construct state of îysh are the same, this could read a man a man or a man of man. This verbiage tends to be found in Leviticus and Numbers and I haven't seen it used that way elsewhere (although îysh occurs over 1500 times in the Old Testament; so I may have missed a few places). This particular construction is used during a list of prohibitions or acts which have negative consequences and my instinct is to translate this any man. and pass it off as a grammatical variance so as not to lose our attention.

This is not the mere killing of an animal for food, but this is a religious sacrifice; we will note that by the context and by the implication of the next verse.

This passage is going to be all about a person who privately offers up a sacrifice to God. That is not to be done.

Right at this point in time, Israel is camped out in the desert-wilderness far south of the land of Canaan. No one is to make an unauthorized offering to God, whether they do this inside or outside of the came.

V. 3 starts out with, okay, let’s say that someone does this; what happens next?

Translation: ...and to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting he has not brought near to approach with an offering to Y^ehowah, before the Tabernacle of Y^ehowah—...

This person is making an unauthorized offering to God. He is not bringing his sacrifice to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting. God is establishing that there is going to be a very specific set of offerings made to God, and none of these offerings are going to be done by individuals thinking that they have a good reason to offer a private offering to God. Essentially, this is worshiping someone other than God.

Translation: ...[then] blood is accounted to [this] man, this blood [which] he has shed.

In many Bibles, it looks as though we have a brand new word here: bloodguilt. However, the word is dâm (דָּם) [pronounced dawm] and it means, simply blood, often visible blood (although it is used for the juice of the grape—Genesis 49:11. ZPEB has done the statistics for us; of the 362 times this word occurs, 203 refer to death by violence and 103 refer to sacrificial blood. It can be used, as here, for bloodguilt (Exodus 22:3 Ezekiel 18:13) or, quite simply, responsibility for a transgression which has been made (Leviticus 20:9). If not atoned for, bloodguilt can result in direct punishment from God (Genesis 9:5 Isaiah 26:21 Ezekiel 24:6–9). Strong's #1818 BDB #196.

The blood of the sacrifice which has been shed is going to be considered blood-guilt put upon the head of this man; or imputed to this man. So, no matter what he thinks his personal sacrifice is, it is blood which is on him personally.

Leviticus 17:3–4b ...Any man from the house of Israel who slaughters a bull or a lamb or a female goat in the camp or who slaughters [it] outside of the camp—and to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting he has not brought near to approach with an offering to Y^ehowah, before the Tabernacle of Y^ehowah—[then] blood is accounted to [this] man, this blood [which] he has shed. (Kukis mostly literal translation)

The offering of an animal at the tent of meeting did not mean that the owner would be at a great loss; that is, the one who offered one of his animals in the field would not be better off financially than the one who offered his animal in the court of the Tabernacle. The one offering his animal before the priests still received most of the animal back as a gift from Y^ehowah.

Sacrifices being done only at the tent of meeting will be true just for this generation and the greater portion of the next. When the Jews go into the land, they will spread out as per Y^ehowah's command and will no longer be close enough to the ark of the covenant to sacrifice near it. At that time, sacrifices will be honored elsewhere (Deuteronomy 12:5–6, 14–15, 21). However, to prevent the corruption of the Canaanites, there were times when worship was allowed only in Jerusalem (2Kings 18:22).

Translation: Therefore, the man has been cut off from the midst of his people.

The sentence on such a man is swift and certain. He will be cut off from his people Israel. Now, exactly what this means is up for discussion. I believe that he could be forced out of this camp; and later, out from Israel. Obviously, no man wants this to happen to him or to his family.

The whole idea is, no one is going to offer up their own sacrifice to God on behalf of themselves or behalf of themselves and their family.

Leviticus 17:4c Therefore, the man has been cut off from the midst of his people. (Kukis mostly literal translation)

Translation: [This is] so that the sons of Israel will bring in their slaughtered offerings which they slaughtered upon the open field.

If someone is going to sacrifice an animal out in some open field, this is telling them that their offering must be brought into the area within the Tabernacle curtains (not inside the Tabernacle itself).

Translation: And they will bring in [their offerings] to Y^ehowah at the opening of the Tent of Assembly to the priest, and he will slaughter the offerings of peace to Y^ehowah. (Kukis mostly literal translation)

They will bring their offerings to Y^ehowah to the opening of the Tent of Assembly, and the priest will slaughter the animal as a peace offering to God.

Leviticus 17:5 [This is] so that the sons of Israel will bring in their slaughtered offerings which they slaughtered upon the open field. And they will bring in [their offerings] to Y^ehowah at the opening of the Tent of Assembly to the priest, and he will slaughter the offerings of peace to Y^ehowah. (Kukis mostly literal translation)

It is worthless to just sacrifice animals on their own terms; this is self-worship, not worship of the Almighty. Y^ehowah wants the animals to be sacrificed to Him properly.

Leviticus 17:1–5 And so Y^ehowah speaks unto Moses, to say, “Speak to Aaron and to his sons and to all the sons of Israel, and you have said to them [all], ‘This [is] the word which Y^ehowah commanded [me] to say: Any man from the house of Israel who slaughters a bull or a lamb or a female goat in the camp or who slaughters [it] outside of the camp—and to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting he has not brought near to approach with an offering to Y^ehowah, before the Tabernacle of Y^ehowah—[then] blood is accounted to [this] man, this blood [which] he has shed. Therefore, the man has been cut off from the midst of his people. [This is] so that the sons of Israel will bring in their slaughtered offerings which they slaughtered upon the open field. And they will bring in [their offerings] to Y^ehowah at the opening of the Tent of Assembly to the priest, and he will slaughter the offerings of peace to Y^ehowah. (Kukis mostly literal translation)

Leviticus 17:1–5 Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to Aaron and to his sons and to all the citizens of Israel, and you will say this to them: ‘This is what Jehovah has commanded me to say: If any man from the house of Israel slaughters an animal either inside or outside the camp, but does not bring it forward to the Tent of Meeting as an offering to Jehovah, then blood-guilt will be imputed to this man because of the blood which was shed, and he will be cut off from his people. This will be the law of the land so that those who make offerings to God will bring these offerings before Jehovah at the Tent of Meeting and he will allow the priest to slaughter these offerings of peace to Jehovah. (Kukis paraphrase)

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Here is how others have translated this passage:

Ancient texts:

Masoretic Text (Hebrew)        And has sprinkled the priest blood upon an altar of Y^ehowah [at] an opening of a Tent of Meeting and he has caused to smoke the fat for a scent of soothing to Y^ehowah. And they will not slaughter continually to the satyrs, which they are committing adultery [by going] after them. A statute of perpetuity will be this to them for their generations.

Dead Sea Scrolls                   .

Jerusalem targum                  .

Targum (Onkelos)                  .

Targum (Pseudo-Jonathan)   .

Aramaic Targum                    .

The Psalms Targum              .

Updated Douay-Rheims         .

Douay-Rheims 1899 (Amer.) And the priest shall pour the blood upon the altar of the Lord, at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony: and shall burn the fat for a sweet odour to the Lord.

And they shall no more sacrifice their victims to devils, with whom they have committed fornication. It shall be an ordinance for ever to them and to their posterity.

Aramaic ESV of Peshitta        The priest shall sprinkle the blood on the altar of Mar-Yah at the door of the Tabernacle, and burn the fat for a pleasant aroma to Mar-Yah.

They shall no more sacrifice their sacrifices to the goat idols, after which they play the prostitute. This shall be a statute forever to them throughout their generations.'

Original Aramaic Psalms        .

V. Alexander’s Aramaic T.     .

Plain English Aramaic Bible   .

Lamsa’s Peshitta (Syriac)     .

Samaritan Pentateuch           .

Updated Brenton (Greek)       And the priest shall pour the blood on the altar round about before the Lord by the doors of the tabernacle of witness, and shall offer the fat for a sweet-smelling savor to the Lord.

And they shall no longer offer their sacrifices to vain gods after which they go a whoring; it shall be a perpetual statute to you for your generations.

Significant differences: 

Limited Vocabulary Translations:

Bible in Basic English             And the priest will put blood on the altar of the Lord at the door of the Tent of meeting, burning the fat for a sweet smell to the Lord. 

And let them make no more offerings to evil spirits, after which they have gone, turning away from the Lord. Let this be a law to them for ever, through all their generations.

Easy English                          .

Easy-to-Read Version–2008  Then the priest will throw their blood onto the LORD'S altar near the entrance of the Meeting Tent. And the priest will burn the fat from those animals on the altar as a sweet-smelling gift to the LORD. In this way you will stop being unfaithful to me by offering sacrifices to your 'goat gods.' This law will continue forever.

God’s Word™                         The priest will pour the blood against the LORD'S altar at the entrance to the tent of meeting. He will burn the fat as a soothing aroma to the LORD. The people must stop sacrificing to goat idols and chasing after them as though they were prostitutes. This is a permanent law for the people and for future generations.

Good News Bible (TEV)         The priest shall throw the blood against the sides of the altar at the entrance of the Tent and burn the fat to produce an odor that is pleasing to the LORD. The people of Israel must no longer be unfaithful to the LORD by killing their animals in the fields as sacrifices to the goat demons. The people of Israel must keep this regulation for all time to come.

The Message                         .

Names of God Bible               .

NIRV                                      .

New Simplified Bible              .

Thought-for-thought translations; dynamic translations; paraphrases:

Casual English Bible             .

Contemporary English V.       And so, when you sacrifice an animal to ask my blessing, it must not be done out in a field, but in front of the sacred tent. Then a priest can splatter its blood against the bronze altar and send its fat up in smoke with a smell that pleases me. Don't ever turn from me again and offer sacrifices to goat-demons. This law will never change. V. 5 is included for context.

The Living Bible                     .

New Berkeley Version           .

New Life Version                    .

New Living Translation           .

The Passion Translation        .

Unfolding Bible Simplified      After the priest slaughters the animal, he must sprinkle some of its blood against the altar at the entrance to the sacred tent, and burn its fat for an aroma that is pleasing to Yahweh. You people must no longer give sacrifices to the images that resemble goats. You people must obey this command for all time."

Partially literal and partially paraphrased translations:

American English Bible          .

Beck’s American Translation .

Common English Bible           .

New Advent (Knox) Bible       .

Translation for Translators     .

Mostly literal renderings (with some occasional paraphrasing):

Christian Standard Bible        .

Berean Study Bible                .

Conservapedia Translation    .

Revised Ferrar-Fenton Bible  .

God’s Truth (Tyndale)           .

The Heritage Bible                          And the priest shall sprinkle the blood on the altar of Jehovah at the door of the tent of appointed meeting, and burn the fat as perfumed incense for a restful fragrance to Jehovah.

And they shall no more sacrifice their sacrifices to goats,⁷ following which they practice whoredom. This shall be an enactment forever to them throughout their generations.

⁷ This extensive footnote has been placed in the Addendum.

International Standard V        Centralized Sacrificial Slaughter

“This statute is required so that [Lit. For the sake of] the Israelis may bring their sacrifices that they are sacrificing in the open field to the Lord, to the priest at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting, where they are to slaughter their peace offering to the Lord. The priest is to spatter the blood on the Lord’s altar at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting and incinerate the fat, making a pleasing aroma to the Lord. They are no longer to slaughter their sacrifices to the goat demons, with whom they have committed prostitution. This will be a perpetual statute for you throughout your generations.” V. 5 is included for context.

H. C. Leupold                         .

Lexham English Bible            .

NIV, ©2011                             .

Unfolding Bible Literal Text    .

Urim-Thummim Version         Then the priest will sprinkle the blood on the Altar of YHWH at the entrance of the Tabernacle at the Appointed Place, and burn the fat for a tranquilizing aroma unto YHWH. And they will no more slaughter their sacrifices to evil-spirited goats, after which they have prostituted themselves. This will be a statute for the ages for them throughout their generations.

Wikipedia Bible Project          And the priest threw the blood on Yahweh's altar, at the opening of the tent of events, and he grilled the fat, for a comforting scent for Yahweh. And they will no longer offer their sacrifices to goats (satyrs), which they whore after: an eternal statute this will be for you, in your generations.

Catholic Bibles (those having the imprimatur):

Christian Community (1988)           The priest shall sprinkle the blood on the altar of Yahweh at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and burn the fat as a sweet-smelling offering to Yahweh. This way they shall no longer slay their sacrifices for the goat idols to whom they prostituted themselves.

This is to be a lasting ordinance for them in the generations to come.

New American Bible (2011)   .

The Catholic Bible                  .

New Jerusalem Bible             .

NRSV (Anglicized Cath. Ed.) .

Revised English Bible–1989   .

Jewish/Hebrew Names Bibles:

Complete Jewish Bible           .

exeGeses companion Bible   .

Hebraic Roots Bible               And the priest shall sprinkle the blood on the altar of YAHWEH, at the door of the tent of meeting, and shall burn the fat as incense for a soothing fragrance to YAHWEH. And they shall not sacrifice their sacrifices any more to devil like goats [I think what is meant here is, devil-like goats], after which they have gone whoring. This is a perpetual statute to them throughout their generations.

Kaplan Translation                 .

The Scriptures–2009              “And the priest shall sprinkle the blood on the slaughter-place of יהוה at the door of the Tent of Appointment, and shall burn the fat for a sweet fragrance to יהוה. 

“And let them no longer slaughter their slaughterings to demons, after whom they whored. This is a law forever for them throughout their generations.” ’

Tree of Life Version                The kohen is to sprinkle the blood on the altar of Adonai at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting and burn up the fat as smoke for a soothing aroma to Adonai.

They are no longer to offer their sacrifices to the goat-demons after which they play the prostitute. This will be a statute forever to them throughout their generations.

Weird English, Olde English, Anachronistic English Translations:

Alpha & Omega Bible            AND THE PRIEST SHALL POUR THE BLOOD ON THE ALTAR ROUND ABOUT BEFORE JESUS BY THE DOORS OF THE TABERNACLE OF WITNESS, AND SHALL OFFER THE FAT FOR A SWEET-SMELLING SCENT TO JESUS.

AND THEY SHALL NO LONGER OFFER THEIR SACRIFICES TO VAIN DEITIES (fallen angels) AFTER WHICH THEY GO A WHORING; IT SHALL BE A LONG-TERM STATUTE TO YOU FOR YOUR GENERATIONS.»’

Awful Scroll Bible                   The priest is to have sprinkled of its blood, on the altar of Sustains To Become at the opening of the tent of the appointed place, and is to have made a smoky burning of the fat, a soothing aroma to Sustains To Become

Were they to slaughter their sacrifices, to that hairy of that they are prostituting after? - For it is their continual prescription for their generations.

Concordant Literal Version    Then the priest will sprinkle the blood against the altar of Yahweh at the opening of the tent of appointment, and he will cause the fat to fume as a fragrant odor to Yahweh.

No longer shall they sacrifice their sacrifices to hairy goat-demons after whom they have been prostituting. An eonian statute shall this become for them throughout their generations.

exeGeses companion Bible   ...and the priest sprinkles the blood

on the sacrifice altar of Yah Veh

at the opening of the tent of the congregation;

and incenses the fat for a scent of rest to Yah Veh:

and no more sacrifice their sacrifices to bucks

after whom they whored.

- an eternal statute to them

throughout their generations.

Orthodox Jewish Bible           And the kohen shall sprinkle [see Yeshayah 52:15] the dahm upon the Mizbe'ach of Hashem at the petach of the Ohel Mo'ed, and burn the fat for a re'ach nichoach unto Hashem.

And they shall no more offer their zevakhim unto goat demons, after whom they have gone a-whoring. This shall be a chukkat olam unto them throughout their dorot (generations).

Rotherham’s Emphasized B. .

Expanded/Embellished Bibles:

The Amplified Bible                .

The Expanded Bible              .

Kretzmann’s Commentary    

Lexham English Bible            And the priest shall sprinkle the blood on Yahweh’s altar at the tent of assembly’s entrance, and he shall burn [Literally “turn into smoke”] the fat as an appeasing fragrance for Yahweh. And they may no longer sacrifice [Literally “not they may sacrifice again”] their sacrifices to the goat-idols after which they were prostituting. This is a lasting statute [Literally “a statute of eternity” or “a statute of long duration”] for them throughout [Literally “to”] their generations.” ’

Syndein/Thieme                     .

The Voice                               .

Bible Translations with Many Footnotes:

The Complete Tanach           .

The Geneva Bible                  .

Kaplan Translation                 The priest will then dash the blood on God's altar at the Communion Tent's entrance, and burn the choice parts as an appeasing fragrance to God.

The Israelites will then stop sacrificing to the demons who [continue to] tempt them. This shall be an eternal law for them for all generations.

demons

Even if the motive is not idolatrous, but merely to gain occult powers (Sforno). Since it was permitted to send the goat to Azazel (Leviticus 16:8), the Torah specifically warned that this does not mean that sacrifices to the forces of evil are permitted (cf. Moreh Nevukhim 3:46).

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Rotherham’s Emphasized B. Then shall the priest dash the blood^a against the altar of Yahweh, at the entrance of the tent of meeting,—and shall make a perfume of the fat, as a satisfying odourˎ unto Yahweh;

so shall they no moreʹ offer their sacrifices unto demons^b after whom theyʹ are unchastely going away,—<a statute age abiding> shall this be to themˎ unto their generations.

^a The Jericho codex has: “of (from) the blood”—G.n.

^b Cp. N.T. Ap. “Demons.” “Satyrs”—P.B.

Literal, almost word-for-word, renderings:

A Faithful Version                  And the priest shall sprinkle the blood against the side of the altar of the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and burn the fat for a sweet savor to the LORD.  And they shall no more offer their sacrifices to goat demons, after whom they have gone whoring. This shall be a statute forever to them throughout their generations."' 

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Charles Thomson OT            In order that the children of Israel may offer up their sacrifices, whatever they kill in the fields they shall carry for the Lord to the doors of the tabernacle of the testimony, to the priest, and offer them as a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the Lord; and the priest shall pour the blood against the altar round about, before the Lord, at the doors of the tabernacle of the testimony; and offer up the suet for a smell of fragrance for the Lord. And they shall no more offer their sacrifices to vanities after which they go a whoring. It shall be a perpetual statute for you throughout your generations. V. 5 is included for context.

Context Group Version          And the priest shall sprinkle the blood on the altar of YHWH at the door of the tent of meeting, and burn the fat for a sweet aroma to YHWH. And they shall no more sacrifice their sacrifices to the he-goats, which they act like a harlot after. This shall be a statute forever to them throughout their generations.

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Green’s Literal Translation    And the priest shall sprinkle the blood on the altar of Jehovah, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall burn the fat as incense for a soothing fragrance to Jehovah. And they shall not sacrifice their sacrifices any more to goats, after which they have gone whoring. This is a perpetual statute to them throughout their generations.

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Modern Literal Version 2020  And the priest will sprinkle the blood upon the altar of Jehovah at the door of the tent of meeting and burn the fat for a sweet aroma to Jehovah.

And they will no more sacrifice their sacrifices to the male-goats, after which they play the prostitute. This will be an everlasting statute to them throughout their genealogy.

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