Leviticus 17:3

killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat The animals mentioned are those which are suitable for sacrifice, -of which men offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord" (Leviticus 7:25), and the verb, though used of sacrificial slaughter (Leviticus 1:5; Leviticus 9:8, etc.), also has the sense of ordinary killing for food. This is its meaning here. The act of killing a beast included in the category of those admissible for sacrifice must be accompanied by certain other religious rites, viz. (1) bringing it before the Lord, (2) bringing it to one special place.