Leviticus 17:3-5

New International Reader's Version

³ “Suppose someone sacrifices an ox, a lamb or a goat. They sacrifice it in the camp or outside of it. ⁴ They do it instead of bringing the animal to the entrance to the tent of meeting. They sacrifice it instead of giving it as an offering to me in front of my holy tent. Then they will be thought of as guilty of spilling blood. Because they have done that, they must be separated from their people. ⁵ The Israelites are now making sacrifices in the open fields. But they must bring their sacrifices to the priest. They must bring them to me at the entrance to the tent of meeting. There they must sacrifice them as friendship offerings.