And David built an altar there to Jehovah, and offered burnt offering and peace offerings. And Jehovah was entreated for the land; and the plague was stayed from Israel.
And any man of the house of Israel, or of the alien who is staying in your midst, who eats any blood, I will set My face against that person that eats blood and will cut him off from his people.
and has not brought it in to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation as an offering to Jehovah, before the tabernacle of Jehovah, blood shall be imputed to that man; he has shed blood. And that man shall be cut off from the midst of his people;
And they shall not sacrifice their sacrifices any more to goats, after which they have gone whoring. This is a perpetual statute to them throughout their generations.
For from the rising of the sun until its going in, My name shall be great among the nations, and every place where incense shall be offered to My name; and a pure food offering; for My name shall be great among the nations, says Jehovah of Hosts.
And the sons of Israel heard it said, Behold, the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh have built an altar across from the land of Canaan, in the regions of the Jordan, at the border of the sons of Israel.
So says all the company of Jehovah, What is this unfaithful act with which this unfaithfulness to the God of Israel is done, to turn back today from after Jehovah, in that you built for yourself an altar so that you might rebel today against Jehovah?
And you shall build an altar to Jehovah your God on the top of this stronghold, in an arrangement, and shall take the second bull and offer a burnt offering with the wood of the Asherah which you have cut down.
And you will go before me to Gilgal. And, behold! I will come down to you to offer burnt offerings, to sacrifice peace offerings. You will wait seven days until I come to you and make known to you what you shall do.
And Samuel said, How can I go? And if Saul hears, even he will kill me. And Jehovah said, Take a heifer from the herd in your hand, and you shall say, I have come to sacrifice to Jehovah.