Quotes About Sacrifice

“Speak to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites and tell them this is what the LORD has commanded:

ëAnyone from the house of Israel who slaughters an ox, a lamb, or a goat in the camp or outside of it

instead of bringing it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting to present it as an offering to the LORD before His tabernacle—that man shall incur bloodguilt. He has shed blood and must be cut off from among his people.

For this reason the Israelites will bring to the LORD the sacrifices they have been offering in the open fields. They are to bring them to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and offer them as sacrifices of peace to the LORD.

The priest will then sprinkle the blood on the altar of the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and burn the fat as a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

They must no longer offer their sacrifices to the goat demons to which they have prostituted themselves. This will be a permanent statute for them for the generations to come.í

Tell them that if anyone from the house of Israel or any foreigner living among them offers a burnt offering or a sacrifice

but does not bring it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting to sacrifice it to the LORD, that man must be cut off from his people.

If anyone from the house of Israel or a foreigner living among them eats any blood, I will set My face against that person and cut him off from among his people.

For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for your souls upon the altar; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.

Therefore I say to the Israelites, ëNone of you may eat blood, nor may any foreigner living among you eat blood.í

And if any Israelite or foreigner living among them hunts down a wild animal or bird that may be eaten, he must drain its blood and cover it with dirt.

For the life of all flesh is its blood. Therefore I have told the Israelites, ëYou must not eat the blood of any living thing, because the life of all flesh is its blood; whoever eats it must be cut off.í

You must not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.

When you sacrifice a peace offering to the LORD, you shall offer it for your acceptance.

It shall be eaten on the day you sacrifice it, or on the next day; but what remains on the third day must be burned up.

If any of it is eaten on the third day, it is tainted and will not be accepted.

The man, however, must bring a ram to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting as his guilt offering to the LORD.

The priest shall make atonement on his behalf before the LORD with the ram of the guilt offering for the sin he has committed, and he will be forgiven the sin he has committed.

In the fourth year all its fruit must be consecrated as a praise offering to the LORD.

“Tell the Israelites, ëAny Israelite or foreigner living in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech must be put to death. The people of the land are to stone him.

And I will set My face against that man and cut him off from his people, because by giving his offspring to Molech, he has defiled My sanctuary and profaned My holy name.

And if the people of the land ever hide their eyes and fail to put to death the man who gives one of his children to Molech,

except for his immediate family—his mother, father, son, daughter, or brother,