Leviticus 17:5-7

17:5 This is so that ¹  the Israelites will bring their sacrifices that they are sacrificing in the open field ²  to the Lord at the entrance of the Meeting Tent to the priest and sacrifice them there as peace offering sacrifices to the Lord. 17:6 The priest is to splash ³  the blood on the altar ⁴  of the Lord at the entrance of the Meeting Tent, and offer the fat up in smoke for a soothing aroma to the Lord. 17:7 So they must no longer offer ⁵  their sacrifices to the goat demons, ⁶  acting like prostitutes by going after them. ⁷  This is to be a perpetual statute for them throughout their generations. ⁸ 

¹ tn Heb “So that which.”

² tn Heb “on the faces of the field.”

³ tn For the translation “splash” see the note on Lev 1:5.

⁴ tn The LXX adds “all around” (i.e., Hebrew סָבִיב [saviv, “all around”]), which is normal for this overall construction (see, e.g., Lev 1:5; 3:8, etc.).

⁵ tn Heb “sacrifice.” This has been translated as “offer” for stylistic reasons to avoid the redundancy of “sacrifice their sacrifices.”

⁶ tn On “goat demons” of the desert regions see the note on Lev 16:8.

⁷ tn Heb “which they are committing harlotry after them.”

⁸ tn Heb “for your generations.”