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Leviticus 17:13-15

13And whatsoever manH376there beof the childrenמִבְּנֵ֣יmi.be.NeiH1121of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElH3478,or of the strangersהַגֵּר֙ha.GerH1616that sojournהַגָּ֣רha.GarH1481amongבְּתוֹכָ֔םbe.to.KhamH8432you, which huntethיָצ֜וּדya.TzudH6679and catchethצֵ֥ידtzeidH6718any beastחַיָּ֛הchai.YahH2416or fowlע֖וֹףofH5775that may be eatenיֵאָכֵ֑לye.'a.KhelH398;he shall even pourוְשָׁפַךְ֙ve.sha.faKhH8210out the bloodדָּמ֔וֹda.MoH1818thereof, and coverוְכִסָּ֖הוּve.khi.Sa.huH3680it with dustבֶּעָפָֽר׃be.'a.FarH6083.

14For it isthe lifeנֶ֣פֶשׁNe.feshH5315of all fleshבָּשָׂ֗רba.SarH1320;the bloodדָּמ֣וֹda.MoH1818of it isfor the lifeבְנַפְשׁוֹ֮ve.naf.ShoH5315thereof: therefore I saidוָֽאֹמַר֙va.'o.MarH559unto the childrenלִבְנֵ֣יliv.NeiH1121of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,Ye shall eatתֹאכֵ֑לוּto.Khe.luH398the bloodדַּ֥םdamH1818of no manner of fleshבָּשָׂ֖רba.SarH1320:for the lifeנֶ֤פֶשׁNe.feshH5315of all fleshבָּשָׂר֙ba.SarH1320isthe bloodדָּמ֣וֹda.MoH1818thereof: whosoever eatethאֹכְלָ֖יו'o.khe.LavH398it shall be cut offיִכָּרֵֽת׃yi.ka.RetH3772.

15And every soulנֶ֗פֶשׁNe.feshH5315that eatethתֹּאכַ֤לto.KhalH398that which diedנְבֵלָה֙ne.ve.LahH5038of itself,or that which was tornוּטְרֵפָ֔הu.te.re.FahH2966with beasts, whether it beone of your own countryבָּאֶזְרָ֖חba.'ez.RachH249,or a strangerוּבַגֵּ֑רu.va.GerH1616,he shall both washוְכִבֶּ֨סve.khi.BesH3526his clothesבְּגָדָ֜יוbe.ga.DavH899,and batheוְרָחַ֥ץve.ra.ChatzH7364himselfin waterבַּמַּ֛יִםba.Ma.yimH4325,and be uncleanוְטָמֵ֥אve.ta.Me'H2930until the evenהָעֶ֖רֶבha.'E.revH6153:then shall he be cleanוְטָהֵֽר׃ve.ta.HerH2891.

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