and (A)has not brought it to the doorway of the tent of meeting to present it as an offering to the Lord before the [a]tabernacle of the Lord, bloodguiltiness is to be reckoned to that man. He has shed blood and that man shall be cut off from among his people. [b]The reason is so that the sons of Israel may bring their sacrifices which they were sacrificing in the open field, that they may bring them in to the Lord, at the doorway of the tent of meeting to the priest, and sacrifice them as sacrifices of peace offerings to the Lord. The priest shall sprinkle the blood on the altar of the Lord at the doorway of the tent of meeting, and (B)offer up the fat in smoke as a soothing aroma to the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 17:4 Lit dwelling place
  2. Leviticus 17:5 Lit In order that

instead of bringing it to the entrance to the tent of meeting(A) to present it as an offering to the Lord in front of the tabernacle of the Lord(B)—that person shall be considered guilty of bloodshed; they have shed blood and must be cut off from their people.(C) This is so the Israelites will bring to the Lord the sacrifices they are now making in the open fields. They must bring them to the priest, that is, to the Lord, at the entrance to the tent of meeting and sacrifice them as fellowship offerings.(D) The priest is to splash the blood against the altar(E) of the Lord(F) at the entrance to the tent of meeting and burn the fat as an aroma pleasing to the Lord.(G)

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