Leviticus 17:3-5

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

³ If any man of the house of Israel kills an ox or lamb or goat in the camp or kills it outside the camp

⁴ And does not bring it to the door of the Tent of Meeting to offer it as an offering to the Lord before the Lord’s tabernacle, [guilt for shedding] ^[a]blood shall be imputed to that man; he has shed blood and shall be cut off from among his people.

⁵ This is so that the Israelites, rather than offer their sacrifices [to idols] in the open field [where they slew them], may bring them to the Lord at the door of the Tent of Meeting, to the priest, to offer them as peace offerings to the Lord.