Leviticus 16:15

16:15 “He must then slaughter the sin offering goat which is for the people. He is to bring its blood inside the veil-canopy, ¹  and he is to do with its blood just as he did to the blood of the bull: He is to sprinkle it on the atonement plate and in front of the atonement plate.

Leviticus 17:14

17:14 for the life of all flesh is its blood. ²  So I have said to the Israelites: You must not eat the blood of any living thing ³  because the life of every living thing is its blood – all who eat it will be cut off. ⁴ 

Leviticus 1:11

1:11 and must slaughter it on the north side of the altar before the Lord, and the sons of Aaron, the priests, will splash its blood against the altar’s sides.

Leviticus 1:15

1:15 The priest must present it at the altar, pinch off ⁵  its head and offer the head ⁶  up in smoke on the altar, and its blood must be drained out against the side of the altar.

Leviticus 3:13

3:13 lay his hand on its head, and slaughter it before the Meeting Tent, and the sons of Aaron must splash its blood against the altar’s sides.

Leviticus 4:25

4:25 Then the priest must take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and he must pour out the rest of its blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering.

Leviticus 7:2

7:2 In the place where they slaughter the burnt offering they must slaughter the guilt offering, and the officiating priest ⁷  must splash ⁸  the blood against the altar’s sides.

Leviticus 3:8

3:8 He must lay his hand on the head of his offering and slaughter it before the Meeting Tent, and the sons of Aaron must splash ⁹  its blood against the altar’s sides.

Leviticus 17:13

17:13 “‘Any man from the Israelites ¹⁰  or from the foreigners who reside ¹¹  in their ¹²  midst who hunts a wild animal ¹³  or a bird that may be eaten ¹⁴  must pour out its blood and cover it with soil,

¹ tn Heb “and he shall bring its blood into from house to the veil-canopy.”

² tn Heb “for the life/soul (נֶפֶשׁ, nefesh) of all flesh, its blood in its life/soul (נֶפֶשׁ) it is.” The LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate leave out “in its life/soul,” which would naturally yield “for the life of all flesh, its blood it is” (see J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 261, 263). The present translation is something of an oversimplification, but the meaning is basically the same in any case. Cf. NRSV “For the life of every creature – its blood is its life.”

³ tn Heb “of all flesh” (also later in this verse). See the note on “every living thing” in v. 11.

⁴ tn For remarks on the “cut off” penalty see the note on v. 4 above.

³ tn The action here seems to involve both a twisting action, breaking the neck of the bird and severing its vertebrae, as well as pinching or nipping the skin to sever the head from the main body. Cf. NASB, NRSV “wring off its head”; NAB “snap its head loose”; NLT “twist off its head.”

⁴ tn Many English versions have “it” here, referring to the head of the bird, which the priest immediately tossed on the altar fire. However, “it” could be misunderstood to refer to the bird’s body, so “head” is repeated in the present translation for clarity. As the following lines show, certain things needed to be done to the body of the bird before it could be placed on the altar.

⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the officiating priest) has been specified in the translation for clarity. This priest was responsible for any actions involving direct contact with the altar (e.g., the splashing of the blood).

⁵ tn See the note on Lev 1:5.

⁵ tn See the note on this term at 1:5.

⁶ tc A few medieval Hebrew mss, Smr, and Tg. Ps.-J. have “from the house of Israel” as in vv. 3, 8, and 10, but the LXX agrees with the MT.

⁷ tn Heb “from the sojourner who sojourns.”

⁸ tc The LXX, Syriac, Vulgate, and certain mss of Smr have “your” (plural) rather than “their” (cf. v. 10 above).

⁹ tn Heb “[wild] game of animal.”

¹⁰ tn That is, it must be a clean animal, not an unclean animal (cf. Lev 11).