The Place of Sacrifice

17 Then[fn] Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to Aaron and to his sons and to all the Israelites,[fn] and you shall say to them, ‘This is the word that Yahweh has commanded, saying, 3 “Any man[fn] from the house of Israel who slaughters an ox or a sheep or a goat in the camp or who slaughters it outside the camp[fn] 4 and he does not bring it to the tent of assembly’s entrance to present an offering to Yahweh before[fn] Yahweh’s tabernacle, then[fn] that man shall be accounted bloodguilty—he has poured out blood, and that man shall be cut off from the midst of his people. 5 This is so that the Israelites[fn] may bring their sacrifices that they are sacrificing in the open field[fn] and bring[fn] them for Yahweh to the tent of assembly’s entrance to the priest, and they shall sacrifice fellowship offerings for Yahweh with them. 6 And the priest shall sprinkle the blood on Yahweh’s altar at the tent of assembly’s entrance, and he shall burn[fn] the fat as an appeasing fragrance for Yahweh. 7 And they may no longer sacrifice[fn] their sacrifices to the goat-idols after which they were prostituting. This is a lasting statute[fn] for them throughout[fn] their generations.” ’