Leviticus 17:3

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,

Cross-reference

Leviticus 17:8 extends the same slaughter prohibition to foreigners, broadening the audience from verse 3.

Leviticus 17:12 gives the rationale—the blood prohibition—for the slaughter rules in verse 3.

Leviticus 17:13 extends the blood handling rules to hunted animals, complementing verse 3 on domestic animals.

Deuteronomy 12:11-15 permits slaughter in towns for food, contrasting with Leviticus 17:3's ban on any slaughter outside the sanctuary.

Deuteronomy 12:20-22 explicitly allows non-sacrificial slaughter when far from the sanctuary, directly contrasting Leviticus 17:3's restriction.

Deuteronomy 12:15 grants permission to slaughter animals in towns for food, opposing Leviticus 17:3's prohibition of slaughter outside the sanctuary.

1 Kings 3:2 Historical context

1 Kings 3:2 explains that before the temple, people sacrificed at high places, illustrating the historical context behind Leviticus 17:3's centralization law.