Leviticus 17 - The great debate amongst Jews and Rabbis. 2022

Lev 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,

Lev 17:4
and has not brought it to the doorway of the tent of meeting to present it as an offering to the LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD,
bloodguiltiness is to be reckoned to that man. He has shed blood and that man
shall be cut off from among his people.

There has been great debate amongst Jews and rabbis concerning this verse and the passage in Deuteronomy 12:15-16. There are two schools of thought on these passages. One is that the people had to bring their animals to the Tabernacle for slaughter before they ate them while they were wandering in the wilderness (Leviticus 17:1-6). But after they entered the land (Deut. 12:15-16), they could slaughter their
animals for food anywhere they were located.

The other explanation seems to fit the context of this passage better. Leviticus 17 is speaking of the slaughter of animals for offerings (sacrifices) only. The passage in Deuteronomy is speaking of animals slaughtered for food.