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They must bring them to the priest, that is, to the LORD, at the entrance to the tent of meeting and sacrifice them as fellowship offerings. <a href="/nlt/leviticus/17.htm">New Living Translation</a> The purpose of this rule is to stop the Israelites from sacrificing animals in the open fields. It will ensure that they bring their sacrifices to the priest at the entrance of the Tabernacle, so he can present them to the LORD as peace offerings. <a href="/esv/leviticus/17.htm">English Standard Version</a> This is to the end that the people of Israel may bring their sacrifices that they sacrifice in the open field, that they may bring them to the LORD, to the priest at the entrance of the tent of meeting, and sacrifice them as sacrifices of peace offerings to the LORD. <a href="/bsb/leviticus/17.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> For this reason the Israelites will bring to the LORD the sacrifices they have been offering in the open fields. They are to bring them to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and offer them as sacrifices of peace offerings to the LORD. <a href="/kjv/leviticus/17.htm">King James Bible</a> To the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they offer in the open field, even that they may bring them unto the LORD, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest, and offer them for peace offerings unto the LORD. <a href="/nkjv/leviticus/17.htm">New King James Version</a> to the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices which they offer in the open field, that they may bring them to the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of meeting, to the priest, and offer them as peace offerings to the LORD. <a href="/nasb_/leviticus/17.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> This shall be done so that the sons of Israel will bring their sacrifices which they were sacrificing in the open field—so that they will bring them to the LORD at the doorway of the tent of meeting to the priest, and sacrifice them as sacrifices of peace offerings to the LORD. <a href="/nasb/leviticus/17.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220The reason is so that the sons of Israel may bring their sacrifices which they were sacrificing in the open field, that they may bring them in to the LORD, at the doorway of the tent of meeting to the priest, and sacrifice them as sacrifices of peace offerings to the LORD. <a href="/nasb77/leviticus/17.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “The reason is so that the sons of Israel may bring their sacrifices which they were sacrificing in the open field, that they may bring them in to the LORD, at the doorway of the tent of meeting to the priest, and sacrifice them as sacrifices of peace offerings to the LORD. <a href="/lsb/leviticus/17.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> The reason is so that the sons of Israel may bring their sacrifices which they were sacrificing in the open field, that they may bring them in to Yahweh, at the doorway of the tent of meeting to the priest, and sacrifice them as sacrifices of peace offerings to Yahweh. <a href="/amp/leviticus/17.htm">Amplified Bible</a> This is so that the sons of Israel may bring their sacrifices which they were sacrificing [to idols] in the open field [where they killed them], that they may bring them in to the LORD, at the doorway of the Tent of Meeting to the priest, and sacrifice them as sacrifices of peace offerings to the LORD. <a href="/csb/leviticus/17.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> This is so the Israelites will bring to the LORD the sacrifices they have been offering in the open country. They are to bring them to the priest at the entrance to the tent of meeting and offer them as fellowship sacrifices to the LORD. <a href="/hcsb/leviticus/17.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> This is so the Israelites will bring to the LORD the sacrifices they have been offering in the open country. They are to bring them to the priest at the entrance to the tent of meeting and offer them as fellowship sacrifices to the LORD. <a href="/asv/leviticus/17.htm">American Standard Version</a> to the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they sacrifice in the open field, even that they may bring them unto Jehovah, unto the door of the tent of meeting, unto the priest, and sacrifice them for sacrifices of peace-offerings unto Jehovah. <a href="/cev/leviticus/17.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> And so, when you sacrifice an animal to ask my blessing, it must not be done out in a field, <a href="/erv/leviticus/17.htm">English Revised Version</a> To the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they sacrifice in the open field, even that they may bring them unto the LORD, unto the door of the tent of meeting, unto the priest, and sacrifice them for sacrifices of peace offerings unto the LORD. <a href="/gwt/leviticus/17.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> [This means] that the people of Israel must take the sacrifices they have been making in the open fields and bring them to the LORD. They must bring them to the priest at the entrance to the tent of meeting. The people will sacrifice them as fellowship offerings to the LORD. <a href="/gnt/leviticus/17.htm">Good News Translation</a> The meaning of this command is that the people of Israel shall now bring to the LORD the animals which they used to kill in the open country. They shall now bring them to the priest at the entrance of the Tent and kill them as fellowship offerings. <a href="/isv/leviticus/17.htm">International Standard Version</a> "This statute is required so that the Israelis may bring their sacrifices that they have been sacrificing to the LORD in the open field to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, where they are to slaughter their peace offering to the LORD. <a href="/msb/leviticus/17.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> For this reason the Israelites will bring to the LORD the sacrifices they have been offering in the open fields. They are to bring them to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and offer them as sacrifices of peace offerings to the LORD. <a href="/net/leviticus/17.htm">NET Bible</a> This is so that the Israelites will bring their sacrifices that they are sacrificing in the open field to the LORD at the entrance of the Meeting Tent to the priest and sacrifice them there as peace offering sacrifices to the LORD. <a href="/nheb/leviticus/17.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> 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. <a href="/wbt/leviticus/17.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> To the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices which they offer in the open field, even that they may bring them to the LORD, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to the priest, and offer them for peace-offerings to the LORD. <a href="/web/leviticus/17.htm">World English Bible</a> 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 Yahweh, to the door of the Tent of Meeting, to the priest, and sacrifice them for sacrifices of peace offerings to Yahweh. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/leviticus/17.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> so that the sons of Israel bring in their sacrifices which they are sacrificing on the face of the field, indeed, they have brought them to YHWH, to the opening of the Tent of Meeting, to the priest, and they have sacrificed sacrifices of peace-offerings to YHWH with them. <a href="/ylt/leviticus/17.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> so that the sons of Israel do bring in their sacrifices which they are sacrificing on the face of the field, yea, they have brought them in to Jehovah, unto the opening of the tent of meeting, unto the priest, and they have sacrificed sacrifices of peace-offerings to Jehovah with them. <a href="/slt/leviticus/17.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> So that the sons of Israel shall bring their sacrifices which they sacrificed upon the face of the field, and they brought them to Jehovah at the door of the tent of appointment, to the priest, and they sacrificed them, sacrifices of peace to Jehovah.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/leviticus/17.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Therefore the children of Israel shall bring to the priest their victims, which they kill in the field, that they may be sanctified to the Lord before the door of the tabernacle of the testimony, and they may sacrifice them for peace offerings to the Lord. <a href="/cpdv/leviticus/17.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Therefore, the sons of Israel must offer to the priest their victims, which they kill in the field, so that they may be sanctified to the Lord before the door of the tabernacle of the testimony, and so that they may immolate them as peace offerings to the Lord. <a href="/nabre/leviticus/17.htm">New American Bible</a> This is so that such sacrifices as they used to offer in the open field the Israelites shall henceforth bring to the LORD at the entrance of the tent of meeting, to the priest, and sacrifice them there as communion sacrifices to the LORD. <a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/17.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> This is in order that the people of Israel may bring their sacrifices that they offer in the open field, that they may bring them to the LORD, to the priest at the entrance of the tent of meeting, and offer them as sacrifices of well-being to the LORD.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/17.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> To the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices which they offer in the open field, that they may bring them before the LORD to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to the priest, and offer them for peace offerings to the LORD. <a href="/hpbt/leviticus/17.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> So that the children of Israel will be bringing their sacrifices that they sacrifice for the face of the field and they shall bring them before LORD JEHOVAH to the door of the Time Tent to the Priest and they shall sacrifice them as peace sacrifices to LORD JEHOVAH.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/leviticus/17.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> To the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they sacrifice in the open field, even that they may bring them unto the LORD, unto the door of the tent of meeting, unto the priest, and sacrifice them for sacrifices of peace-offerings unto the LORD. <a href="/sep/leviticus/17.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> That the children of Israel may offer their sacrifices, all that they shall slay in the fields, and bring them to the Lord unto the doors of the tabernacle of witness to the priest, and they shall sacrifice them as a peace-offering to the Lord. <a href="/parallel/leviticus/17-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=4594" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/leviticus/17.htm">The Place of Sacrifice</a> …4instead 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. 5<a href="/hebrew/4616.htm" title="4616: lə·ma·‘an (Conj) -- From anah; properly, heed, i.e. Purpose; used only adverbially, on account of, teleologically, in order that.">For this reason</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bə·nê (N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">the Israelites</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity."></a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: yā·ḇî·’ū (V-Hifil-Imperf-3mp) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">will bring</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">to the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/2077.htm" title="2077: ziḇ·ḥê·hem (N-mpc:: 3mp) -- A sacrifice. From zabach; properly, a slaughter, i.e. The flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice.">the sacrifices</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1992.htm" title="1992: hêm (Pro-3mp) -- They. Or hemmah; masculine plural from halak; they.">they</a> <a href="/hebrew/2076.htm" title="2076: zō·ḇə·ḥîm (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- To slaughter for sacrifice. A primitive root; to slaughter an animal.">have been offering</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">in</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: pə·nê (N-cpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">the open</a> <a href="/hebrew/7704.htm" title="7704: haś·śā·ḏeh (Art:: N-ms) -- Field, land. Or saday; from an unused root meaning to spread out; a field.">fields.</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: we·hĕ·ḇî·’um (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-3cp:: 3mp) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">They are to bring them</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/3548.htm" title="3548: hak·kō·hên (Art:: N-ms) -- Priest. Active participle of kahan; literally, one officiating, a priest; also an acting priest.">the priest</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">at</a> <a href="/hebrew/6607.htm" title="6607: pe·ṯaḥ (N-msc) -- Opening, doorway, entrance. From pathach; an opening, i.e. Door or entrance way.">the entrance</a> <a href="/hebrew/168.htm" title="168: ’ō·hel (N-ms) -- A tent. From 'ahal; a tent.">to the Tent</a> <a href="/hebrew/4150.htm" title="4150: mō·w·‘êḏ (N-ms) -- Appointed time, place, or meeting. ">of Meeting</a> <a href="/hebrew/2076.htm" title="2076: wə·zā·ḇə·ḥū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To slaughter for sacrifice. A primitive root; to slaughter an animal.">and offer</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·w·ṯām (DirObjM:: 3mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">them</a> <a href="/hebrew/2077.htm" title="2077: ziḇ·ḥê (N-mpc) -- A sacrifice. From zabach; properly, a slaughter, i.e. The flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice.">as sacrifices</a> <a href="/hebrew/8002.htm" title="8002: šə·lā·mîm (N-mp) -- A sacrifice for alliance or friendship, peace offering. From shalam; properly, requital, i.e. A sacrifice in thanks.">of peace</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">to the LORD.</a> 6The priest will then sprinkle the blood on the altar of the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and burn the fat as a pleasing aroma to the LORD.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-5.htm">Deuteronomy 12:5-7</a> Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go. / To that place you are to bring your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and heave offerings, your vow offerings and freewill offerings, as well as the firstborn of your herds and flocks. / There, in the presence of the LORD your God, you and your households shall eat and rejoice in all you do, because the LORD your God has blessed you. <a href="/deuteronomy/12-13.htm">Deuteronomy 12:13-14</a> Be careful not to offer your burnt offerings in just any place you see; / you must offer them only in the place the LORD will choose in one of your tribal territories, and there you shall do all that I command you. <a href="/deuteronomy/12-15.htm">Deuteronomy 12:15-16</a> But whenever you want, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your gates, according to the blessing the LORD your God has given you. Both the ceremonially clean and unclean may eat it as they would a gazelle or deer, / but you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water. <a href="/deuteronomy/12-27.htm">Deuteronomy 12:27</a> Present the meat and blood of your burnt offerings on the altar of the LORD your God. The blood of your other sacrifices must be poured out beside the altar of the LORD your God, but you may eat the meat. <a href="/exodus/29-10.htm">Exodus 29:10-11</a> You are to present the bull at the front of the Tent of Meeting, and Aaron and his sons are to lay their hands on its head. / And you shall slaughter the bull before the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. <a href="/exodus/29-36.htm">Exodus 29:36-37</a> Sacrifice a bull as a sin offering each day for atonement. Purify the altar by making atonement for it, and anoint it to consecrate it. / For seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and consecrate it. Then the altar will become most holy; whatever touches the altar will be holy. <a href="/numbers/18-17.htm">Numbers 18:17-18</a> But you must not redeem the firstborn of an ox, a sheep, or a goat; they are holy. You are to splatter their blood on the altar and burn their fat as a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. / And their meat belongs to you, just as the breast and right thigh of the wave offering belong to you. <a href="/1_samuel/1-24.htm">1 Samuel 1:24-25</a> Once she had weaned him, Hannah took the boy with her, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine. Though the boy was still young, she brought him to the house of the LORD at Shiloh. / And when they had slaughtered the bull, they brought the boy to Eli. <a href="/1_kings/8-62.htm">1 Kings 8:62-63</a> Then the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifices before the LORD. / And Solomon offered as peace offerings to the LORD 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the Israelites dedicated the house of the LORD. <a href="/2_chronicles/7-4.htm">2 Chronicles 7:4-5</a> Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD. / And King Solomon offered a sacrifice of 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God. <a href="/ezekiel/20-40.htm">Ezekiel 20:40-41</a> For on My holy mountain, the high mountain of Israel, declares the Lord GOD, there the whole house of Israel, all of them, will serve Me in the land. There I will accept them and will require your offerings and choice gifts, along with all your holy sacrifices. / When I bring you from the peoples and gather you from the lands to which you have been scattered, I will accept you as a pleasing aroma. And I will show My holiness through you in the sight of the nations. <a href="/hebrews/13-10.htm">Hebrews 13:10-12</a> We have an altar from which those who serve at the tabernacle have no right to eat. / Although the high priest brings the blood of animals into the Holy Place as a sacrifice for sin, the bodies are burned outside the camp. / And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate, to sanctify the people by His own blood. <a href="/hebrews/9-13.htm">Hebrews 9:13-14</a> For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that their bodies are clean, / how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God! <a href="/hebrews/10-1.htm">Hebrews 10:1-4</a> For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship. / If it could, would not the offerings have ceased? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt the guilt of their sins. / Instead, those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins, ... <a href="/1_corinthians/10-18.htm">1 Corinthians 10:18-20</a> Consider the people of Israel: Are not those who eat the sacrifices fellow partakers in the altar? / Am I suggesting, then, that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything? / No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>To the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they offer in the open field, even that they may bring them to the LORD, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to the priest, and offer them for peace offerings to the LORD.in the open<a href="/genesis/21-33.htm">Genesis 21:33</a> And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.<a href="/genesis/22-2.htm">Genesis 22:2,13</a> And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of… <a href="/genesis/31-54.htm">Genesis 31:54</a> Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount.and offer them<a href="/leviticus/3-1.htm">Leviticus 3:1-17</a> And if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offer it of the herd; whether it be a male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the LORD… <a href="/leviticus/7-11.htm">Leviticus 7:11-21</a> And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he shall offer unto the LORD… <a href="/exodus/24-5.htm">Exodus 24:5</a> And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the LORD.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/17-2.htm">Children</a> <a href="/leviticus/17-4.htm">Congregation</a> <a href="/leviticus/17-3.htm">Death</a> <a href="/leviticus/17-4.htm">Door</a> <a href="/leviticus/17-4.htm">Doorway</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-20.htm">End</a> <a href="/leviticus/10-14.htm">Fellowship</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-53.htm">Field</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-53.htm">Fields</a> <a href="/leviticus/9-4.htm">gs</a> <a href="/leviticus/17-3.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/leviticus/17-2.htm">Israelites</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-20.htm">Making</a> <a href="/leviticus/17-4.htm">Meeting</a> <a href="/leviticus/17-4.htm">Offer</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-32.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-53.htm">Open</a> <a href="/leviticus/10-14.htm">Peace</a> <a href="/leviticus/10-14.htm">Peace-Offerings</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-30.htm">Priest</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-5.htm">Reason</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-24.htm">Sacrifice</a> <a href="/leviticus/17-3.htm">Sacrifices</a> <a href="/exodus/22-20.htm">Sacrificing</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-13.htm">Slay</a> <a href="/leviticus/17-4.htm">Tabernacle</a> <a href="/leviticus/17-4.htm">Tent</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/17-12.htm">Children</a> <a href="/leviticus/17-6.htm">Congregation</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-20.htm">Death</a> <a href="/leviticus/17-6.htm">Door</a> <a href="/leviticus/17-6.htm">Doorway</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-16.htm">End</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-5.htm">Fellowship</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-9.htm">Field</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-10.htm">Fields</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-38.htm">gs</a> <a href="/leviticus/17-8.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/leviticus/17-12.htm">Israelites</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-20.htm">Making</a> <a href="/leviticus/17-6.htm">Meeting</a> <a href="/leviticus/17-6.htm">Offer</a> <a href="/leviticus/17-7.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-31.htm">Open</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-5.htm">Peace</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-5.htm">Peace-Offerings</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-1.htm">Priest</a> <a href="/leviticus/17-11.htm">Reason</a> <a href="/leviticus/17-7.htm">Sacrifice</a> <a href="/leviticus/17-7.htm">Sacrifices</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-6.htm">Sacrificing</a> <a href="/leviticus/17-7.htm">Slay</a> <a href="/leviticus/17-6.htm">Tabernacle</a> <a href="/leviticus/17-6.htm">Tent</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 17</div>1. <a href="/leviticus/17-1.htm">The blood of slain beasts must be offered to the Lord at the tabernacle door</a> 7. <a href="/leviticus/17-7.htm">They must not offer to idols</a> 10. <a href="/leviticus/17-10.htm">All eating of blood is forbidden</a> 15. <a href="/leviticus/17-15.htm">and of all that dies by itself, or is torn</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The Israelites were to bring their sacrifices to a designated place, underscoring the importance of worshiping God according to His instructions. This centralization prefigures the New Testament teaching that worship must be in spirit and truth (<a href="/john/4-24.htm">John 4:24</a>).they have been offering in the open fields. Previously, sacrifices were made in various locations, which could lead to idolatrous practices. The open fields symbolize a lack of order and potential for syncretism with pagan rituals. This command seeks to prevent such practices, ensuring that worship remains pure and directed solely to Yahweh.They are to bring them to the priest The role of the priest is highlighted here, serving as a mediator between God and the people. This foreshadows the ultimate High Priest, Jesus Christ, who mediates the new covenant (<a href="/hebrews/4-14.htm">Hebrews 4:14-16</a>). The priest's involvement ensures that the sacrifices are conducted according to divine law.at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting The Tent of Meeting, or Tabernacle, was the central place of worship and symbolized God's presence among His people. Bringing sacrifices here signifies approaching God in the manner He prescribed. This location is a type of Christ, who is the true meeting place between God and humanity (<a href="/john/1-14.htm">John 1:14</a>).and offer them as sacrifices of peace offerings to the LORD. Peace offerings were expressions of thanksgiving and fellowship with God. They symbolize reconciliation and communion, pointing to the peace made through Christ's sacrifice (<a href="/ephesians/2-14.htm">Ephesians 2:14-16</a>). These offerings remind believers of the importance of gratitude and maintaining a right relationship with God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a> The chosen people of God, who are being instructed on how to properly offer sacrifices. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD</a> The God of Israel, who is establishing guidelines for worship and sacrifice. 3. <a href="/topical/p/priest.htm">Priest</a> The mediator between the Israelites and God, responsible for performing the sacrifices. 4. <a href="/topical/t/tent_of_meeting.htm">Tent of Meeting</a> The sacred place where God’s presence dwells and where sacrifices are to be made. 5. <a href="/topical/p/peace_offerings.htm">Peace Offerings</a> A type of sacrifice made to express gratitude and fellowship with God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/c/centralization_of_worship.htm">Centralization of Worship</a> God desires order and unity in worship. The Israelites were instructed to bring their sacrifices to a central location to maintain purity and prevent idolatry. <a href="/topical/r/role_of_the_priest.htm">Role of the Priest</a> The priest acts as a mediator, pointing to the ultimate High Priest, Jesus Christ, who intercedes on our behalf. <a href="/topical/p/peace_offerings_and_fellowship.htm">Peace Offerings and Fellowship</a> Peace offerings symbolize reconciliation and fellowship with God. In Christ, we have peace and are called to live in harmony with others. <a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_commands.htm">Obedience to God’s Commands</a> God’s instructions are not arbitrary; they are designed for our good and His glory. Obedience is a form of worship. <a href="/topical/h/heart_of_worship.htm">Heart of Worship</a> True worship is not just about external rituals but involves a heart fully devoted to God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_17.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 17</a> <a href="/q/why_does_god_prefer_mercy_over_sacrifice.htm">If God initially commanded blood sacrifices (Leviticus 17:5–6), why do later prophets (e.g., Hosea 6:6) stress that God desires mercy over sacrifice, suggesting a changing divine preference? </a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_tithing.htm">What does the Bible teach about tithing?</a> <a href="/q/why_emphasize_guilt_offering_methods_evidence.htm">Leviticus 7:1-2: Why does this passage emphasize the place and method of slaughter for the guilt offering, and is there any historical or archaeological evidence supporting these specific practices?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_the_law_dispensation.htm">What is the Law dispensation?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/17.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(5) To the end that the children of Israel may bring.--The reason why these three kinds of animals, when intended for private food, are to be brought to the precincts of the sanctuary, and are there to be offered first as a peace offering to the Lord, is to prevent the Israelites sacrificing them to the demons in the open fields.Which they offer in the open field.--The first part of this verse is better rendered, In order that the children of Israel may bring in [i.e., within the precincts of the sanctuary] their sacrifices which they are sacrificing on the face of the field; that is, which they have heretofore been in the habit of offering in the open fields to heathen deities, and which, in future, they might be inclined to do again. The phrase "open field "denotes the space outside the encampment, in contradistinction to the enclosed place where the Israelites sojourned. (See <a href="/leviticus/14-7.htm" title="And he shall sprinkle on him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose into the open field.">Leviticus 14:7</a>; <a href="/leviticus/14-53.htm" title="But he shall let go the living bird out of the city into the open fields, and make an atonement for the house: and it shall be clean.">Leviticus 14:53</a>, &c.)Even that they may bring them . . . unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.--Better, and bring them . . . to the entrance of the tent of meeting.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/leviticus/17.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 5. - To the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices. This passage tells us the purpose of the previous command: it is to prevent sacrifices being sacrificed (the word is twice used in the original) in the open field, or anywhere else than in the court of the tabernacle. It follows that the command refers to sacrifice, not to mere slaughtering. Clark, taking the opposite view of the command, is obliged to change the translation, sacrifices which they offer in the open field, into "beasts for slaughter which they now slaughter in the open field" ('Speaker's Commentary'); but he has no authority for doing so. Zabach means always, in the Pentateuch, to slay in sacrifice. These field sacrifices, when offered to the Lord in the proper place and with the proper ceremonies, would become peace offerings unto the Lord. <a href="/commentaries/leviticus/17-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>For this reason לְמַעַן֩ (lə·ma·‘an) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4616.htm">Strong's 4616: </a> Purpose -- intent the Israelites בְּנֵ֣י (bə·nê) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> A son will bring יָבִ֜יאוּ (yā·ḇî·’ū) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go to the LORD לַֽיהוָ֗ה (Yah·weh) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel the sacrifices זִבְחֵיהֶם֮ (ziḇ·ḥê·hem) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2077.htm">Strong's 2077: </a> A slaughter, the flesh of an animal, a sacrifice they הֵ֣ם (hêm) Pronoun - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1992.htm">Strong's 1992: </a> They have been offering זֹבְחִים֮ (zō·ḇə·ḥîm) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2076.htm">Strong's 2076: </a> To slaughter for sacrifice in עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against the open פְּנֵ֣י (pə·nê) Noun - common plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> The face fields. הַשָּׂדֶה֒ (haś·śā·ḏeh) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7704.htm">Strong's 7704: </a> Field, land They are to bring וֶֽהֱבִיאֻ֣ם (we·hĕ·ḇî·’um) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go them to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to the priest הַכֹּהֵ֑ן (hak·kō·hên) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3548.htm">Strong's 3548: </a> Priest at אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to the entrance פֶּ֛תַח (pe·ṯaḥ) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6607.htm">Strong's 6607: </a> An opening, door, entrance way to the Tent אֹ֥הֶל (’ō·hel) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_168.htm">Strong's 168: </a> A tent of Meeting מוֹעֵ֖ד (mō·w·‘êḏ) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4150.htm">Strong's 4150: </a> Appointed time, place, or meeting and offer וְזָ֨בְח֜וּ (wə·zā·ḇə·ḥū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2076.htm">Strong's 2076: </a> To slaughter for sacrifice them אוֹתָֽם׃ (’ō·w·ṯām) Direct object marker | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> Untranslatable mark of the accusative case as sacrifices זִבְחֵ֧י (ziḇ·ḥê) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2077.htm">Strong's 2077: </a> A slaughter, the flesh of an animal, a sacrifice of peace שְׁלָמִ֛ים (šə·lā·mîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8002.htm">Strong's 8002: </a> A sacrifice for alliance or friendship, peace offering to the LORD. לַֽיהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/17-5.htm">Leviticus 17:5 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/leviticus/17-5.htm">Leviticus 17:5 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/leviticus/17-5.htm">Leviticus 17:5 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/leviticus/17-5.htm">Leviticus 17:5 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/leviticus/17-5.htm">Leviticus 17:5 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/17-5.htm">Leviticus 17:5 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/17-5.htm">Leviticus 17:5 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/17-5.htm">Leviticus 17:5 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/17-5.htm">Leviticus 17:5 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/leviticus/17-5.htm">Leviticus 17:5 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/leviticus/17-5.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 17:5 This is to the end that (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/17-4.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 17:4"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 17:4" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/17-6.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 17:6"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 17:6" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>