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Leviticus 17:2-12

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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 1has 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.
6 "The priest shall sprinkle the blood on the altar of the LORD at the doorway of the tent of meeting, and 2offer up the fat in smoke as a soothing aroma to the LORD.
7 "3They shall no longer sacrifice their sacrifices to the goat demons with which they play the harlot. This shall be a permanent statute to them throughout their generations."'
8 "Then you shall say to them, 'Any man from the house of Israel, or from the aliens who sojourn among them, who offers a burnt offering or sacrifice,
9 and 4does not bring it to the doorway of the tent of meeting to offer it to the LORD, that man also shall be cut off from his people.
10 '5And any man from the house of Israel, or from the aliens who sojourn among them, who eats any blood, 6I will set My face against that person who eats blood and will cut him off from among his people.
11 'For 7the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your souls; for 8it is the blood by reason of the life that makes atonement.'
12 "Therefore * I said to the sons of Israel, 'No * person among you may eat blood, nor may any alien who sojourns among you eat blood.'
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Leviticus 17:2-12 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.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 8

  • 1. Deuteronomy 12:5-21
  • 2. Numbers 18:17
  • 3. Exodus 22:20; Exodus 32:8; Exodus 34:15; Deuteronomy 32:17; 2 Chronicles 11:15; Psalms 106:37; 1 Corinthians 10:20
  • 4. Exodus 20:24; Leviticus 17:4
  • 5. Genesis 9:4; Leviticus 3:17; Leviticus 7:26, 27; Deut 12:16, 23-25; 1 Samuel 14:33
  • 6. Leviticus 20:3, 6; Jeremiah 44:11
  • 7. Genesis 9:4; Leviticus 17:14
  • 8. Hebrews 9:22

Footnotes 6

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