Leviticus 17:1-7

The Place of Sacrifice

1 Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
2 "Speak to Aaron and to his sons and to all the {Israelites}, and you shall say to them, 'This is the word that Yahweh has commanded, saying,
3 "{Any man} from the house of Israel who slaughters an ox or a sheep or a goat in the camp or who slaughters [it] {outside the camp}
4 and he does not bring it to the tent of assembly's entrance to present an offering to Yahweh {before} Yahweh's tabernacle, then that man shall be accounted bloodguilty--he has poured out blood, and that man shall be cut off from the midst of his people.
5 [This is] so that the {Israelites} may bring their sacrifices that they are sacrificing {in the open field} and bring them for Yahweh to [the] tent of assembly's entrance to the priest, and they shall sacrifice fellowship offerings for Yahweh with them.
6 And the priest shall sprinkle the blood on Yahweh's altar [at the] tent of assembly's entrance, and he shall {burn} the fat as an appeasing fragrance for Yahweh.
7 And {they may no longer sacrifice} their sacrifices to the goat-idols after which they were prostituting. This is {a lasting statute} for them {throughout} their generations." '

Leviticus 17:1-7 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO LEVITICUS 17

In this chapter a law is given, ordering all sorts of persons, Israelites and sojourners, to bring their sacrifices to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, on pain of being cut off, Le 17:1-9; and a special and particular prohibition of sacrificing to devils is delivered out, Le 17:7; and the eating of blood, and of everything that dies of itself, or is torn with beasts, is forbidden under the above penalty, Le 17:10-16.

Footnotes 13

  • [a]. Or "And"
  • [b]. Literally "sons/children of Israel"
  • [c]. Literally "A man a man"
  • [d]. Literally "from an outside place of the camp"
  • [e]. Literally "to the faces of"
  • [f]. Or "and"
  • [g]. Literally "sons/children of Israel"
  • [h]. Literally "on the faces of the field"
  • [i]. Or "they shall bring"
  • [j]. Literally "turn into smoke"
  • [k]. Literally "not they may sacrifice again"
  • [l]. Literally "a statute of eternity" or "a statute of long duration"
  • [m]. Literally "to"
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