Leviticus 17:5

New American Bible - revised edition

This is so that such sacrifices as they used to offer in the open field the Israelites shall henceforth bring to the Lord at the entrance of the tent of meeting, to the priest, and sacrifice them there as communion sacrifices to the Lord.

Cross References

Genesis 21:33

Abraham planted a tamarisk at Beer-sheba, and there he invoked by name the Lord, God the Eternal.

Genesis 22:13

Abraham looked up and saw a single ram caught by its horns in the thicket. So Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering in place of his son.

Genesis 22:2

Then God said: Take your son Isaac, your only one, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. There offer him up as a burnt offering on one of the heights that I will point out to you.

Genesis 31:54

He then offered a sacrifice on the mountain and invited his kinsmen to share in the meal. When they had eaten, they passed the night on the mountain.

1 Kings 14:23

They, too, built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and asherahs, upon every high hill and under every green tree.

1 Kings 3:2

The people were sacrificing on the high places, however, for up to that time no house had been built for the name of the Lord.

1 Kings 3:3

Although Solomon loved the Lord, walking in the statutes of David his father, he offered sacrifice and burned incense on the high places.

2 Kings 16:4

Further, he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on hills, and under every green tree.

2 Kings 17:10

They set up pillars and asherahs for themselves on every high hill and under every green tree.

2 Chronicles 28:4

He sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on hills, and under every green tree. Ahaz Punished.

Exodus 24:5

Then, having sent young men of the Israelites to offer burnt offerings and sacrifice young bulls as communion offerings to the Lord,

Ezekiel 20:28

When I brought them to the land I had sworn to give them, and they saw all its high hills and leafy trees, there they offered sacrifices, there they made offerings to provoke me, there they sent up sweet-smelling oblations, there they poured out their libations.

Ezekiel 22:9

In you are those who slander to cause bloodshed; within you are those who feast on the mountains; in your midst are those whose actions are depraved.

Ezekiel 43:27

And when these days are over, from the eighth day on, the priests shall sacrifice your burnt offerings and communion offerings on the altar. Then I will be pleased with you—oracle of the Lord God.

Ezekiel 44:15

As for the levitical priests, sons of Zadok, who took charge of my sanctuary when the Israelites strayed from me, they may approach me to serve me and stand before me to offer the fat and the blood—oracle of the Lord God.

Leviticus 17:4

without first bringing it to the entrance of the tent of meeting to present it as an offering to the Lord in front of the Lord’s tabernacle, shall be judged guilty of bloodshed —that individual has shed blood, and shall be cut off from the people.

Leviticus 17:6

The priest will splash the blood on the altar of the Lord at the entrance of the tent of meeting and burn the fat for an odor pleasing to the Lord.

Deuteronomy 12:2

Destroy entirely all the places where the nations you are to dispossess serve their gods, on the high mountains, on the hills, and under every green tree.