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A man stands beside covered animal remains away from the sanctuary. The accompanying verses condemn slaughter without bringing the animal to the tent entrance as an offering and state the resulting bloodguilt and exclusion.
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Leviticus 17:3-4

A slaughter kept from the sanctuary

The Sanctity of Blood · Leviticus 17

Story guide: A man stands beside covered animal remains away from the sanctuary. The accompanying verses condemn slaughter without bringing the animal to the tent entrance as an offering and state the resulting bloodguilt and exclusion.

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3Any man from the house of Israel who slaughters an ox or a sheep or a goat in the camp, or who slaughters it outside the camp—

4and has not brought it to the entrance of the tent of meeting to present it as an offering to Yahweh before the tabernacle of Yahweh, blood shall be imputed to that man: he has shed blood, and that man shall be cut off from among his people.

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