Ritual Animal Slaughter

17 The Lord told Moses, ² “Speak to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelis and tell them that this is what the Lord has commanded: ³ When a person from the house of Israel slaughters an ox, a lamb, or a goat (whether in the camp or outside the camp), ⁴ but fails to bring it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting as an offering in the presence of the tent of the Lord, that person will incur bloodguilt. Because he has shed blood, that person is to be eliminated from contact with^[a] his people.”

Centralized Sacrificial Slaughter

⁵ “This statute is required so that^[b] the Israelis may bring their sacrifices that they have been sacrificing to the Lord in the open field to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, where they are to slaughter their peace offering to the Lord. ⁶ The priest is to sprinkle the blood on the Lord’s altar at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and incinerate the fat, making a pleasing aroma to the Lord. ⁷ They are no longer to slaughter their sacrifices to the goat demons, with whom they have been committing prostitution. This will be a perpetual statute for you throughout your generations. ⁸ Tell them that if a person from the house of Israel or a resident alien who lives among you brings a whole burnt offering or a sacrifice ⁹ to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, but fails to bring it to offer^[c] it to the Lord, that person^[d] is to be eliminated from contact with^[e] his people.”