What happensPermalink
Regulations for slaughtering animals. Whenever an animal is slaughtered, it must be brought to the priests and offered (the owner would get most of it back to eat). Strict prohibition against eating blood.
Why it mattersPermalink
This chapter gives its own meaning: the requirement to bring slaughtered animals to the tabernacle is to prevent pagan sacrifices, specifically to goat demons.
Key versePermalink
So they shall no more sacrifice their sacrifices to goat demons, after whom they whore. This shall be a statute forever for them throughout their generations.