“Anyone from the house of Israel who slaughters an ox, a lamb, or a goat in the camp, or slaughters it outside the camp,
Parallel translations
- WEB Whatever man there is of the house of Israel, who kills a bull, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or who kills it outside the camp,
- KJV What man soever there be of the house of Israel, that killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that killeth it out of the camp,
- BSB ‘Anyone from the house of Israel who slaughters an ox, a lamb, or a goat in the camp or outside of it
- NKJV “Whatever man of the house of Israel who kills an ox or lamb or goat in the camp, or who kills it outside the camp,
- NLT “If any native Israelite sacrifices a bull or a lamb or a goat anywhere inside or outside the camp
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Quick answer
Anyone who slaughters an animal for sacrifice, whether inside or outside the camp, is in view.
Overview
This sets up a regulation requiring sacrificial animals to be brought to the sanctuary rather than offered anywhere a person chose. It curbed the temptation to set up rival, unsanctioned worship sites. The law centralizes sacrifice around God's appointed place, foreshadowing the truth that access to God comes only on his terms, ultimately fulfilled in Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Deut 12:11–15then it shall happen that to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, there you shall bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the wave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which you vow to Yahweh.
- Deut 12:26–27Only your holy things which you have, and your vows, you shall take, and go to the place which Yahweh shall choose.
- Lev 17:15“‘Every person that eats what dies of itself, or that which is torn by animals, whether he is native-born or a foreigner, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening: then he shall be clean.
- Lev 17:12–13Therefore I have said to the children of Israel, “No person among you may eat blood, nor may any stranger who lives as a foreigner among you eat blood.”
- Deut 12:20–22When Yahweh your God enlarges your border, as he has promised you, and you shall say, “I want to eat meat,” because your soul desires to eat meat; you may eat meat, after all the desire of your soul.
- Lev 17:8“You shall say to them, ‘Any man there is of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who live as foreigners among them, who offers a burnt offering or sacrifice,
- Deut 12:5–7But to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, you shall seek his habitation, and there you shall come.
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Every sacrifice, every priest, and every day of atonement points beyond itself to the one perfect offering and the great High Priest who, by his own blood, makes the unclean holy once for all.
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