³ Any Israelite who sacrifices an ox,^[a] a lamb^(A) or a goat^(B) in the camp or outside of it ⁴ instead of bringing it to the entrance to the tent of meeting^(C) to present it as an offering to the Lord in front of the tabernacle of the Lord^(D)—that person shall be considered guilty of bloodshed; they have shed blood and must be cut off from their people.^{(E) 5} This is so the Israelites will bring to the Lord the sacrifices they are now making in the open fields. 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.^(F)

² Destroy completely all the places on the high mountains,^(A) on the hills and under every spreading tree,^(B) where the nations you are dispossessing worship their gods.

¹³ Be careful not to sacrifice your burnt offerings anywhere you please.^{(A) 14} Offer them only at the place the Lord will choose^(B) in one of your tribes, and there observe everything I command you.

⁴³ In everything he followed the ways of his father Asa^(A) and did not stray from them; he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord. The high places,^(B) however, were not removed, and the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.^[a]