^2 (A)Meanwhile the people sacrificed at the high places, because there was no house built for the name of the Lord until those days.

³ “Whatever man of the house of Israel who ^(A)kills an ox or lamb or goat in the camp, or who kills it outside the camp, ⁴ and does not bring it to the door of the tabernacle of meeting to offer an offering to the Lord before the tabernacle of the Lord, the guilt of bloodshed shall be ^(B)imputed to that man. He has shed blood; and that man shall be ^[a]cut off from among his people, ⁵ to the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices ^(C)which they offer in the open field, that they may bring them to the Lord at the door of the tabernacle of meeting, to the priest, and offer them as peace offerings to the Lord.

³ But ^(A)the ^[a]high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

^4 (A)except that the ^[a]high places were not removed; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

^35 (A)However the ^[a]high places were not removed; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. ^(B)He built the Upper Gate of the house of the Lord.