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 

[16:15]  ¹ tn Heb “and he shall bring its blood into from house to the veil-canopy.”

[17:14]  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.”

[17:14]  ³ tn Heb “of all flesh” (also later in this verse). See the note on “every living thing” in v. 11.

[17:14]  ⁴ tn For remarks on the “cut off” penalty see the note on v. 4 above.