7 They must not offer any more sacrifices to their goat idols, which they have chased like prostitutes. These rules will continue for people from now on.’
8 “Tell the people this: ‘If any citizen of Israel or foreigner living with you offers a burnt offering or sacrifice,
9 that person must take his sacrifice to the entrance of the Meeting Tent to offer it to the Lord. If he does not do this, he must be cut off from the people.
10 “ ‘I will be against any citizen of Israel or foreigner living with you who eats blood. I will cut off that person from the people.
11 This is because the life of the body is in the blood, and I have given you rules for pouring that blood on the altar to remove your sins so you will belong to the Lord. It is the blood that removes the sins, because it is life.
12 So I tell the people of Israel this: “None of you may eat blood, and no foreigner living among you may eat blood.”
13 “ ‘If any citizen of Israel or foreigner living among you catches a wild animal or bird that can be eaten, that person must pour the blood on the ground and cover it with dirt.