Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel, and say unto them, This is the thing which the Lord hath [a]commanded, saying,

Whosoever he be of the house of Israel that [b]killeth a bullock, or lamb, or goat in the host, or that killeth it out of the host,

And bringeth it not unto the door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation to offer an offering unto the Lord before the Tabernacle of the Lord, [c]blood shall be imputed unto that man: he hath shed blood, wherefore that man shall be cut off from among his people.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 17:2 Lest they should practice that idolatry, which they had learned among the Egyptians.
  2. Leviticus 17:3 To make a sacrifice of offering thereof.
  3. Leviticus 17:4 I do as much abhor it as though he had killed a man, as Isa. 66:3.

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