The people were sacrificing at the high places, however, because no house had yet been built for the name of the Lord.
Leviticus 17:3 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) If any man of the house of Israel kills an ox or a lamb or a goat in the camp, or kills it outside the camp, More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 What man soever there be of the house of Israel, that killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that killeth it out of the camp, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If any man of the house of Israel kills an ox or lamb or goat in the camp or kills it outside the camp American Standard Version (1901) What man soever there be of the house of Israel, that killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that killeth it without the camp, Common English Bible Anyone from the house of Israel who slaughters an ox, sheep, or goat inside or outside the camp Catholic Public Domain Version Any man at all of the house of Israel, if he will have killed an ox, or a sheep, or a goat in the camp or beyond the camp, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Any man whosoever of the house of Israel, if he kill an ox, or a sheep, or a goat in the camp, or without the camp, |
The people were sacrificing at the high places, however, because no house had yet been built for the name of the Lord.
And every person that eats what dies of itself or what is torn by beasts, whether he is a native or a sojourner, shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening; then he shall be clean.
“Say to Aaron and his sons, and to all the people of Israel, This is the thing which the Lord has commanded.
and does not bring it to the door of the tent of meeting, to offer it as a gift to the Lord before the tabernacle of the Lord, bloodguilt shall be imputed to that man; he has shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his people.
“And you shall say to them, Any man of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among them, who offers a burnt offering or sacrifice,
And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering and kill it at the door of the tent of meeting; and Aaron's sons the priests shall throw the blood against the altar round about.