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Leviticus 17:6-8
New Catholic Bible
Leviticus 17:6-8
New Catholic Bible
6 The priest shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar of the Lord at the entrance to the tent of meeting. He shall burn the fat as a sweet fragrance to the Lord. 7 They shall no longer offer their sacrifices to the demons[a] with whom they have prostituted themselves. This shall be a statute for them through all their generations.’
8 “You shall say this to them, ‘Whoever from the house of Israel or from among the aliens living in your midst offers a burnt offering or a sacrifice,
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- Leviticus 17:7 The Hebrew word translated demons means “goats.” The reference seems to be to tutelary spirits in animal form that frequented deserted and desolate places; one such would be the scapegoat of Lev 16:8. See Isa 13:21; 34:14.