Leviticus 17:2

2 "Speak to Aaron and to his sons and to all the sons of Israel and say to them, 'This is what * the LORD has commanded, saying,

Leviticus 17:2 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 17:2

Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons
Who were now constituted priests, the business of whose office it was to offer the sacrifices of the people, ordinary and extraordinary: and to all the children of Israel;
who were all under obligation to sacrifices at certain times; under whom may be comprehended the Levites, who were not priests, and the strangers that sojourned in Israel, for these are concerned in the following law: and say unto them;
which is spoken to Moses, who was to say what follows to Aaron, and by him to his sons, and by his sons to the people of Israel, and by them to the strangers: this [is] the thing which the Lord hath commanded;
ordered to be observed as his will and pleasure by everyone of them: saying;
namely, what follows.

Leviticus 17:2 In-Context

1 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

2 "Speak to Aaron and to his sons and to all the sons of Israel and say to them, 'This is what the LORD has commanded, saying,

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,

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.

5 "The reason is so that the sons of Israel may bring their sacrifices which they were sacrificing in the open field, that they may bring them in to the LORD , at the doorway of the tent of meeting to the priest, and sacrifice them as sacrifices of peace offerings to the LORD .