Leviticus 17:4 meaning and explanation

instead of bringing it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting to present it as an offering to the LORD before His tabernacle—that man shall incur bloodguilt. He has shed blood and must be cut off from among his people.

Leviticus 17:4, Berean Standard Bible

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God is speaking to Moses, and the instruction is for Aaron, the priests, and all Israel. In the wilderness the tabernacle stood at the center of the camp, and this law required that animals meant for sacrifice be brought to its entrance rather than slaughtered privately in the fields.

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