Leviticus 17 on Blood Drinking and Letting, Human Sacrifice, Tattoos, Cannibalism & Pedophilia

Leviticus 17

Exploring the Concepts of Sacrifice, Blood-Letting and Eating Blood

The sacrificing of animals as an act of worship or for any reason is a foreign concept in our modern, secularized society, but this was not the case in the ancient biblical world. Concomitant with sacrifices is the idea of freewill offerings,which, in the ancient world, were often made together as an act of worship to various deities. 

With regard to sacrifices, man’s first act of worship outside the Garden of Eden was to make offerings and sacrifice to Elohim (Gen 4:1–4). Making a sacrifice to Elohim was also Noah’s first act of worship after the flood (Gen 8:20). The same is true of Abraham upon receiving the covenant from Elohim (Gen 12:6). At key points in his spiritual journey, Abraham repeated this same act of worship (Gen 12:8; 13:3, 18). The same is true of the Israelites who after having received the Torah at Sinai made a sacrifice to Elohim as they entered into a covenantal agreement with him (Exod 24:4). Subsequently, YHVH instructed the Israelites to establish an entire sacrificial system as a means to be reconciled to him. Similarly, animal sacrifices and offerings being made to various deities was an important aspect of the heathen cultures of the biblical world. Even in the first century, the Greeks were still sacrificing animals in their pagan temples to their gods and goddesses (1 Cor 8:1–13; 10:20) as were the Jews prior to the destruction of their temple in A.D. 70 (Acts 21:24 cp. Num 6:13–21).

So, in the mind of the ancients, what was the purpose of sacrifice? The ritual killing and offering of an animal was part of a religious ritual either to appease or to gain the favor of a deity. 

With this concept in mind, several points should be noted. Man’s rebellion and sin against Elohim in the Garden of Eden caused man to be cut off from his Creator and incur his judgment against man’s sin. The Garden of Eden and the fall of man event is part of the mythos of many ancient civilizations (e.g. Mesopotamian, Summerian, Greek, Indians, Moslem and apparently the Babylonians, Chaldeans, Persians, Egyptians, Assyrians, Ethiopians, Mexicans and Chinese as well), and thus this idea of man’s separation from deity because of his sin informed the ancients of their need to be reconciled to a deity or deities. 

However, it stands to reason that as we move forward in human history and away from the original sin of man in Garden of Eden, where YHVH revealed to man his need for an atoning blood sacrifice, the pure worship of Elohim through sacrifice at the same time became blurry in men’s minds and corrupted by demonic incursions and influences (e.g. Gen 6:2–5). Through subversive activities of Satan the Adversary and his minions, the practice of Elohim’s true religion became perverted and even counterfeited. As a result, men began to worship counterfeit deities of their own concoction that ran cross grain to or were in outright antithetical rebellion to the commandments of YHVH Elohim with regard to the making of offering and sacrifices. Instead of men making sacrifices and offerings to be reconciled to Elohim because of sin, the heathens exchanged the worship of the true Elohim for that of Satan and his evil minions. This resulted in men making sacrifices to appease the anger of their false demon-gods and, at the same time, to curry their favor (for fortune, fame, spiritual power and long life). Over time, man’s sin and his need to be reconciled to the Creator was no longer the focal point of the sacrifice or offering at all. The Israelites, under YHVH’s guidance, on the other hand, kept the true purpose of sacrifice in view. It was for the purpose of atonement for sin in order to reconcile sinful and fallen man to his Creator as Leviticus 17:11 states.

As the biblical narrative reveals, the ancient Israelites were all too easily swayed by the heathen, Canaanite, Baal-worshipping cultures around them whose gods had moral stringencies much less demanding than those of Elohim, and who instead of forbidding sinful acts not only tolerated but often promoted them, even incorporating them into their cult rituals (e.g. ritual temple prostitution and other forms of sexual deviancy including homosexuality). This is why YHVH’s Torah included strict commands against Israel’s fraternizing in any way with the neighboring Canaanites or adopting any of their religious rituals—especially those involving blood and sacrifice, since the Creator originally designed these rituals only for worship, atonement and reconciliation purposes. With this historical backdrop in view, it hopefully should be easier to see why YHVH was so adamant that the Israelites adhere to his strict protocols with regard to making animal sacrifices, while at the same time he prohibited them from following the heathen’s perverted versions of these rituals—rituals that had devolved into outright demon worship (Lev 17:7).

So this begs a question. Despite the technical advancements and secularization of our modern society, has human nature and practices really changed from ancient times until now? Although modern man no longer offers animal sacrifices for the purpose of appeasing or garnering favor with some invisible deity, what practices do men now engage in instead to achieve the same benefits (e.g. assuaging of guilt brought on by sin, seeking the favor of some ideological deity, seeking fame, fortune, long life, personal power or peer acceptance) as the ancients did when sacrificing to their demon deities? 

One example of an improper sacrifice would be human sacrifice, which the Bible strongly forbids (Lev 18:21). A modern version of child sacrifice would be abortion. Human sacrifice, especially that of a newborn or young (innocent) child, in ancient times and among modern devil worshippers (or to put it in biblical terms, Baal worshipers), was and is believed to spiritually empower those preforming the sacrifice. Similarly, the practice of abortion—the killing of an innocent child—supposedly empowers the practitioner with the misguided promise of eliminating the affects (and guilt) of an unwanted pregnancy and the financial and lifestyle burdens and encumbrances resulting therefrom. Therefore, abortion holds out the promise of financial prosperity (i.e. not having to pay the high cost of raising a child) and freedom (from the responsibility of rasing a child) all the while giving people the freedom of unlimited sex without the consequences of unwanted children.

Chapter 17 of Leviticus also forbids the improper shedding of blood and the drinking of blood. How do we see this heinous and forbidden practice manifesting itself in modern times?

Today, some Satanists or modern Baal worshipers believe that the drinking of human or animal blood promotes longevity of life, imbues the drinker with supernatural energy and power, and brings him to a higher spiritual plane, since the blood carries the life energy. They believe that a living body (human or animal) is a storehouse of energy and that by drinking the blood from something or someone that has just been killed, energy transference occurs from the victim to the recipient. It is believed that the healthier, the younger and the purer the victim, the more energy the victim possesses and the more potential for attaining a higher level of power for the blood drinker. A young, healthy virgin is preferred, since their energy hasn’t been dissipated yet. Drinking blood is a form of spiritual vampirism—parasitizing the life out of one person or animal for the benefit of another person. Sex magic and pedophilia go hand-in-hand with the practice of blood drinking. The belief among these occult practitioners is that the moment sexual energy is released (at sexual orgasm), blood should be let (called blood-letting) and drunk, since, at that moment, it contains the highest energy potential (called adrenalized blood). Sexually abusing and then sacrificing children in this manner is supposed to bring maximum benefits to the host as they siphon off and then consume the child’s pure essence, soul energy and life force for their own benefit.

To wit, U.S. scientists have reported that infusing young blood (called vampire therapy) improves health. This practice reportedly can repair muscle tissue, the liver and can firm up sagging facial and breast tissue according the Daily Mail online news source in an article dated Nov, 22, 2016 (www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3961264/Dracula-right-infusing-young-blood-improves-health-WON-T-make-younger.html#ixzz4Qg9daH95).

When it is not possible to perform human or animal sacrifices, satanic practitioners will work themselves up into a frenzy and then cut themselves until the blood flows in order to summon demonic powers. This is what the prophets of Baal did in the showdown on Mount Carmel with Elijah the prophet (1 Kgs 18:25–28). Verse 28 records that cutting themselves “was their custom.” This means that cutting themselves was a ritual they habitually practiced to summon demonic power. The Bible provides another example of this practice in Mark 5:5 where the Gadarene demoniac would cut himself with stones presumably to excite demonic activity in himself. Interestingly, the Torah forbids the heathen practice of cutting the flesh to conjure up demons or the spirits of the dead (Lev 21:5–6; Deut 14:1). All these practices involved the letting of blood whether through sacrifice, drinking blood or cutting oneself. 

Akin to cutting oneself is the making of tattoos, which the Torah also forbids, while at the same time Scripture juxtaposes this practice with the cutting one’s flesh for the dead (Lev 19:28). 

Ancient tattooing procedures involved cutting the skin with a sharp object and then rubbing soot into the wound marks. Modern tattooing with a needle or tattoo machine still punctures the skin causing small amounts of bleeding from each puncture wound. YHVH forbids both tattooing and cutting the flesh in the same verse, which is evidence that YHVH links these two practices and views them as a heathen, occult ritual. Self mutilation in any form is a blood ritual and is a heathen practice and often is associated with conjuring up demons (e.g. 1 Kgs 18:28).

Moreover, the letting of blood is an important aspect of the so-called Satanic black mass because it is believed that the shedding of blood unleashes great spiritual power for the benefit those living. Although there is no standardized black mass ritual, one concept of this satanic practice is to mock the Roman Catholic mass by corrupting or inverting its symbolisms. The Catholic mass has as its focal point the concept of transubstantiation. This is the idea that the when one eats the communion sacraments of the bread and wine, they turn into the literal blood and body of Yeshua thus empowering the recipient spiritually. In contradistinction to the Roman Catholic mass, some practitioners of the satanic black mass, the Catholic mass is mocked by drinking actual human or animal blood and eating the flesh of a sacrificed animal or human purportedly for the purpose of gaining supernatural spiritual power energy.

The shedding, drinking, desecrating of human blood or even cannibalism is a Satanic concept that goes back to the worship Baal, the demon god of the Biblical Canaanites. In the Bible, there are indications that the Baal-worshiping Canaanites known as the anakim, who were giants and descendants of the fallen angel nephilim, were actually cannibals. For example, we read in Numbers 13:32–33 that the land of these people “devours [lit. eats] its inhabitants.” Whether this is meant literally or figuratively, it is hard to say, but the ancient Book of 1 Enoch informs us that the nephilim were human flesh eating and blood drinking cannibals (1 Enoch 7:13–14; Laurence edit.; The Genesis 6 Conspiracy, p. 92, by Gary Wayne). Moreover, the Bible reveals that Satan who is the first liar and murderer (John 8:44) hates humans and wants to destroy them (John 10:10; 1 Pet 5:8). Satan’s human servants similarly are waging a war to take control of the world for Satan and them rule. To accomplish their goals, they must control people if not shed the blood of as many people as possible—especially Bible believers (e.g. read the Koran and what its verdict is for “the people of the book”; i.e. Jews and Christians) in homage to their Satanic masters. 

The contrasting differences between the Satanic rituals of human sacrifice and bloodletting and the biblical concept of atonement of sin through animal sacrifice, which pointed prophetically and symbolically to Messiah Yeshua’s death on the cross are vast! Satan wants his servants to shed their blood and that of other humans for him and even die for him, while Yeshua, on the other hand, died shedding his blood for his servants that they might have their sins forgiven and experience eternal life! This fact about the salvific and atoning nature of Yeshua’s shed blood is the essence the gospel message. Satan and his evil servants have literally turned the glorious gospel message on its head by twisting its truths and then devising horrific, repulsive and murderous rituals.

Another truth that is revealed in Leviticus 17 and that goes hand-in-hand with sacrifice and the shedding of blood has to do with eating meat. The Torah specifies that when the Israelites ate food, it was a holy occasion accompanied by prayer and thanksgiving and acknowledgement of the Creator from whence it came. Moreover, only certain meat could be eaten. To eat forbidden meats not only made a person unholy and un-God-like, but was considered to be an abominable act (see Lev 11). Therefore, eating the right kind of meat in the prescribed manner was an act of worship of Elohim, and not to follow YHVH’s protocols with regard to disposing properly of an animal’s blood after slaughtering it, or even slaughtering it in the right place, was considered an act of defiance against Elohim and opened one up to the influences of idolatry leading to the worship of demons as this chapter suggests (Lev 17:7). Such an act could arouse Elohim’s anger and cause one to be cut off from Israel. Indeed, in our day, sharing a meal with others is an intimate and communal affair and can result in the forming of close and binding relationships. Thus, YHVH gave his people strict guidelines about food, thus greatly limiting with whom and how they could eat a meal and what they could eat. During the butchering process, animals had to be thoroughly bled, and Scripture, again, forbids the eating of blood.

All of these restrictions (i.e. properly sacrificing animals and disposing of blood, respecting blood, and not mutilating oneself) if adhered to would have naturally been a limiting factor regarding the Israelites’ involvement with the heathen around them in that it would keep them separated from their ungodly, often demonically influenced neighbors who didn’t adhere to YHVH’s Torah guidelines. These laws when practiced acted as a fence protecting the Israelites from falling into apostasy, idolatry and outright demon worship. Similarly, when YHVH’s saints practice his Torah laws which are still applicable to them today, they will act as a protective barrier from being demonically influenced by their heathen neighbors leading to assimilation and apostasy.


Leviticus 17:7, Sacrifices to demons. Sa’ar, the Hebrew word for goat, refers to the Egyptian goat gods, or goat demons that were believed to inhabit the wilderness (The ArtScroll Tanach Series Vayikra Leviticus Commentary, p. 313; Keil and Delitzsch, p. 593). In several places, the KJV and NAS translate this word as satyr (e.g. Isa 13:21; 34:14), which, in Greek and Roman mythology was associated with Pan, the half goat and half man-like creature. These demonic forces were believed to be destructive causing fear and turbulence, murder and mayhem (ibid. The ArtScroll Tanach Series Vayikra). 

Interestingly, sa’ar and Se’ir as in Mount Seir, the home of Edom (Num 24:18), share the same Hebrew consonants and derive from the same root word. From this, the Jewish sages deduce that Edom, the descendents of Esau­—Israel’s perpetual enemies down through the ages (even to the last days)—was the embodiment of evil (ibid.). Additionally, in occult lore, there exists a creature called Baphomet, which is represented by a horned goat’s head inside of an inverted star or pentagram. There is an ongoing debate whether this symbol goes back to the satyr or is of more recent origination. However, it is well-documented that the use of blood (in sacrificial and cannibalistic rites) and its veneration is an important aspect of Satanic rituals even into modern times. This is one reason why YHVH forbad the Israelites from eating animal blood (verse 10). 

From this passage in Leviticus (and the surrounding verses), it should be clear that YHVH not only expected the Israelites to respect blood (see verse 11), but to properly dispose of it in a way that would preclude them from being tempted to engage in idolatrous and demonic rituals. In our notes under verse 11, we will see why YHVH valued the blood so highly. 

Additionally, this passage teaches us several things. First, the blood carries the life force of a living being and, as such, represents life. Second, blood must be shed to atone for sin, which shows us the gravity of sin. The Bible elsewhere declares that the wages of sin is death (Rom 6:23), and the soul that sins shall die (Ezek 18:4).

Leviticus 17:10, Eats any blood. This prohibition is so serious that the Torah repeats it three other places (Lev 3:17; 7:26; 17:14), and the apostles make it one of the four requirements imposed on new Gentile converts before allowed into the fellowship of believers (Acts 15:29). This law was so serious that not only was it imposed on the children of Israel, but upon the strangers that sojourned with them as well (Lev 17:10). The penalty for doing so was basically capital punishment—to be cut off from Israel (vv. 9, 14).Why is the eating of blood so onerous in the eyes of Elohim? The context of this verse involves prohibitions against the demonic practices of the neighboring Baal-worshiping heathens. Eating and then the letting of blood was something that figured prominently in the demonic religious rituals of the heathens and is something YHVH wanted to keep his people from practicing. (For a further discussion of this, see notes on Lev 17:1–14.) In YHVH’s spiritual economy, blood was to be reserved exclusively for the atonement of sin and was to be respected as such.

Leviticus 17:11. The blood. Long before modern science confirmed this in the seventeenth-century, YHVH revealed in the Torah that the life of flesh is in the blood.

Leviticus 17:11 is a crucial scripture theologically regarding the blood atonement. Presently, the Jewish religion offers no hope for its followers in light of this passage, since they deny the only means by which humans can have their sins atoned, namely, through the blood of Yeshua the Messiah. For believers in Yeshua, the message of Messiah and him crucified addresses this issue. The importance of the blood of the Lamb in the atonement for sins as well as in overcoming sin, sickness (1 Peter 2:24) and the powers of hell (Rev 12:11) cannot be over emphasized. How thorough is your understanding of the power of the blood? Do you appropriate this power on a regular basis in your life? The power of the blood is central to the efficacy of the communion elements and specifically to the concept of redemption. The concept of the blood of Yeshua is central to the gospel message with some 50 references to it in the Testimony of Yeshua. Such terms are used as “blood of the Lamb,” “blood of Messiah,” “precious blood of Messiah,” “blood of the everlasting covenant,” “redemption through Messiah’s blood,” “blood of His cross,” “communion of the blood of Messiah,” “faith in his blood,” and “purchased with his blood.” Is the reality of the blood of Messiah central to your faith walk? How so? If not, why not? (Read and ponder Matt 26:28; Eph 1:7; Heb 9:12, 22; 10:19; 12:24; 1 Pet 1:2, 19; 1 John 1:7; Rev 1:5; 7:14; 12:11.)

 

18 thoughts on “Leviticus 17 on Blood Drinking and Letting, Human Sacrifice, Tattoos, Cannibalism & Pedophilia

  1. I have heard several interviews by Gary Wayne speaking about his book, The Genesis 6 Conspiracy. Very Interesting! I will be ordering his book soon. I’m glad you are familiar with him.

    Also, look at the Bohemion Grove as examples of secret societies that worship Satan and his fallen ones. I believe we all need to get up to speed on subjects like this so we are not deceived!

  2. So eating meat that is drained of blood, yet in cooking it we see “blood”-I was told its myoglobin and not hemoglobin, is okay?

  3. When we are told to not eat the meat with the blood in it we are being told not to eat it raw. Proper cooking removes all blood residue after the animal has been correctly slaughtered.
    John

  4. As a teenager, I enjoyed reading Greek mythology. Nowadays I am inclined to believe that their heroes, half gods etc. really existed and were descendants of the Nephilim.
    Just a thought.
    Sonja

    • That seems to be the case. Mythology is based in fact. All this talk of UFO sightings by the Pentagon ties in also. They are planning a disclosure around June this year. What if they “prove” we are not alone, as in the alien lie. Fallen angels have and do have a bigger influence on this age than we realize!

      • We saw reports and films about UFOs that seem to disappear into the ocean. That gave us the idea also,that it might be fallen angels who descend into the abyss; its quite peculiar and hard to deny that there are flying objects that humans can’t explain.
        Sonja

  5. Thank you for this interesting read! Its so good to learn more, so were more aware. I do have a question. I also believe if we are not to eat or drink blood, then I don’t think blood transfusions should be done either. What do you say about that? Thanks

    • Human blood transfusions are a gift of life from another living human being. It is not the blood of dead animals.
      Blessings, John

      • Thanks, but I don’t think I agree. Because then you are saying, if I was starving I could drink human blood (as long as it was not an animal) to live then, cause it will give life.

    • There are several reasons not to accept a blood transfusion. Least of which would be taking blood from a “vaccinated ” person.

      • Yes, and also years back people were getting Aids , and many other problems from blood transfusions. So it wasen’t giving life it was giving a slow death. They are better now about cleaning the blood, but the problems it did cause I believe was a warning this may not be the right thing to do. To me it seems no different in drinking the blood or putting it into our blood vains. Yeshua gives me life if He wants me to get more blood He will make more in my own body. But I have another question, if we were starving would you eat an unclean animal to live? There is weighter matters of the law , maybe trying to keep ourselves alive is one of them?

  6. Lev. 17:11 tells us, life is in the blood. The word life is nephesh which indicates a breathing living being. The word for Spirit also indicates breath. Our blood is unique. It may be far more unique than we realize!

  7. We know genealogy, Matthew 1:1, is important to YHVH. We also know bloodlines are important to the dark powers of this age. Is genealogy and bloodline related? I would say yes. As noted before, Lev. 17:11 speaks volumes!

  8. To Julie,
    No, I don’t agree with the drinking of any blood; transfusions are a different matter.
    The Jehovah witnesses have confused many people on this issue and as a consequence there have been unnecessary deaths. Elohim is all about LIFE, not death.
    Blessings, John

  9. To Julie,
    Hunger is an incredibly powerful force; I dare say most people would eat anything if starved. An Australian pioneer who was lost in the desert and hadn’t eaten for weeks found and ate a wallaby embryo (obviously kicked out of the pouch). He declared that this was the best meal he ever had.
    Natan stated that there are no penalties listed in Scripture for eating unclean animals.
    As we are all sinners, eating an unclean creature in a time of starvation, would be a rather little sin, I think.
    Blessings, Sonja

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