1 Kings 3:2

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1 Kings 3:2 The people were still sacrificing on the high places, because there was no house built for the name of the LORD until those days. (NASB ©1995)

Leviticus 17:3 "Any man from the house of Israel who slaughters an ox or a lamb or a goat in the camp, or who slaughters it outside the camp,

Deuteronomy 12:2 "You shall utterly destroy all the places where the nations whom you shall dispossess serve their gods, on the high mountains and on the hills and under every green tree.

Deuteronomy 12:13 "Be careful that you do not offer your burnt offerings in every cultic place you see,

1 Kings 22:43 He walked in all the way of Asa his father; he did not turn aside from it, doing right in the sight of the LORD. However, the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burnt incense on the high places. (NASB ©1995)

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Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days.

the people It was not right to offer sacrifices in any place but where the tabernacle and ark were; and wherever they were, whether on a high place or a plain, sacrifices might be lawfully offered, previously to building of the temple. The tabernacle was now at Gibeon, (Ch 1:3) which was therefore called the great high place; whither we find Solomon, without censure, repaired to sacrifice. 1Ki 22:43 Le 17:3-6 26:30 De 12:2-5 2Ch 33:17

was no 1Ki 5:3 1Ch 17:4-6 28:3-6 Ac 7:47-49

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