Leviticus 17:5
This is to the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they sacrifice in the open field, that they may bring them to the LORD, to the door of the Tent of Meeting, to the priest, and sacrifice them for sacrifices of peace offerings to the LORD.
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Genesis 21:33Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called on the name of the LORD, the Everlasting God.
Genesis 22:13Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and saw that behind him was a ram caught in the thicket by his horns. Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering instead of his son.
Exodus 24:5He sent young men of the children of Israel, who offered burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of cattle to the LORD.
Leviticus 7:11“‘This is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which one shall offer to the LORD:
1 Kings 3:2However, the people sacrificed in the high places, because there was not yet a house built for the LORD’s name.
1 Kings 14:23For they also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 17:2-10
Directions Concerning Sacrifices. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them; This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded, saying, 3 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, 4 And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer an offering unto the Lord before the tabernacle of the… Read the whole commentary →