And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of
the
congregation
Near to which stood the altar of burnt offering to offer it upon,
and the priests ready for such service: now the Lord would have
every sacrifice brought thither
to offer an offering to the Lord before the tabernacle of
the Lord;
that it might be offered publicly, and be known to be offered to
the Lord, and not to idols or devils, as in ( Leviticus
17:7 ) ; and so to prevent private idolatry, and private
persons from intruding into the priest's office; and this was
typical of the acceptance of all spiritual sacrifices in the
church of God, through Christ the minister of the tabernacle,
which God pitched, and not man; and who is the door into the
house of God, where such sacrifices are publicly to be offered
up:
blood shall be imputed unto that man, he hath shed
blood;
which though it was only the blood of a beast, yet being shed as
a sacrifice for man, and typical of the blood of Christ to be
shed for man, was sacred and precious to God; and therefore he
resented the shedding of it to any but himself, or by any person,
or in any place but by his appointment; such a man was to be
punished as a murderer, idolatry being equally heinous in the
sight of God as murder, see ( Isaiah 66:3 ) ;
and that man shall be cut off from among his
people;
not merely excommunicated from the church of God, deprived of the
privileges of his house, but even put to death; for such a man
was guilty of blood, that is, of death, and therefore to be put
to death either by the hand of the civil magistrate, if his case
was known and came under their cognizance, or by the immediate
hand of God by a premature death, which seems to be chiefly
intended; also see ( Leviticus
17:10 ) .