"The reasonis sothat the sonsof Israelmay bringtheir sacrificeswhichthey were sacrificingin the openfield,that they may bringthem in to the LORD,at the doorwayof the tentof meetingto the priest,and sacrificethem as sacrificesof peaceofferingsto the LORD.
[Abraham] planteda tamarisktreeat Beersheba,and therehe calledon the nameof the LORD,the EverlastingGod.
Then Abrahamraisedhis eyesand looked,and behold,behind[him] a ramcaughtin the thicketby his horns;and Abrahamwentand tookthe ramand offeredhim up for a burntofferingin the placeof his son.
He said,"Takenowyour son,your onlyson, whomyou love,Isaac,and goto the landof Moriah,and offerhim thereas a burntofferingon oneof the mountainsof whichI will tellyou."
Then Jacoboffereda sacrificeon the mountain,and calledhis kinsmento the meal;and they atethe mealand spentthe nighton the mountain.
For they alsobuiltfor themselves highplacesand [sacred] pillarsand Asherimon everyhighhilland beneatheveryluxurianttree.
The peoplewere stillsacrificingon the highplaces,becausethere was nohousebuiltfor the nameof the LORDuntilthosedays.
Now Solomonlovedthe LORD,walkingin the statutesof his fatherDavid,excepthe sacrificedand burnedincenseon the highplaces.
He sacrificedand burnedincenseon the highplacesand on the hillsand undereverygreentree.
They setfor themselves [sacred] pillarsand Asherimon everyhighhilland undereverygreentree,
He sacrificedand burnedincenseon the highplaces,on the hillsand undereverygreentree.
He sentyoungmenof the sonsof Israel,and they offeredburntofferingsand sacrificedyoungbullsas peaceofferingsto the LORD.
"When I had broughtthem into the landwhichI sworeto giveto them, then they saweveryhighhilland everyleafytree,and they offeredtheretheir sacrificesand therethey presentedthe provocationof their offering.Therealso they madetheir soothingaromaand therethey pouredout their drinkofferings.
"Slanderousmenhave beenin you for the purposeof sheddingblood,and in you they have eatenat the mountain[shrines]. In your midstthey have committedactsof lewdness.
When they have completedthe days,it shall be that on the eighthdayand onward,the priestsshall offeryour burntofferingson the altar,and your peaceofferings;and I will acceptyou,' declaresthe LordGOD."
"But the Leviticalpriests,the sonsof Zadok,whokeptchargeof My sanctuarywhen the sonsof Israelwentastrayfrom Me, shall comenearto Me to ministerto Me; and they shall standbeforeMe to offerMe the fatand the blood,"declaresthe LordGOD.
and has not broughtit to the doorwayof the tentof meetingto present[it] as an offeringto the LORDbeforethe tabernacleof the LORD,bloodguiltinessis to be reckonedto that man.He has shedbloodand that manshall be cutofffrom amonghis people.
"The priestshall sprinklethe bloodon the altarof the LORDat the doorwayof the tentof meeting,and offerup the fatin smokeas a soothingaromato the LORD.
"You shall utterlydestroyallthe placeswherethe nationswhomyou shall dispossessservetheir gods,on the highmountainsand on the hillsand undereverygreentree.
