For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is the life thereof. Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh; for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof; whosoever eateth it shall be cut off. He that ate blood or permitted dogs or other animals to eat blood which he had shed, desecrated that which the Lord had set apart as consecrated to Himself, and thus became guilty.
Verse Leviticus 17:14. _YE SHALL EAT THE BLOOD OF NO MANNER OF FLESH_] Independently of the moral reasons given above, we may add, 1. That blood, being highly _alkalescent_, especially in hot climate...
The prohibition to eat blood is repeated in seven places in the Pentateuch, but in this passage two distinct grounds are given for the prohibition: first, its own nature as the vital fluid; secondly,...
2. THE TESTIMONY CONCERNING THE BLOOD CHAPTER 17 _ 1. Concerning slain animals (Leviticus 17:1)_ 2. Concerning the eating of blood (Leviticus 17:10) This chapter needs little comment. Everything in...
THE BLOOD OF NON-SACRIFICIAL ANIMALS. To these, of course, Leviticus 17:3 does not apply. But all blood, even theirs, is regarded as dangerous. Hence, it must be covered with dust, or it will cry from...
LEVITICUS 17-26. THE HOLINESS CODE (see Introd. § 2). LEVITICUS 17. RESTRICTIONS ON SACRIFICE. The whole chapter recalls P, yet there are differences of phrase (_e.g._ what man soever, Leviticus 17:3...
Directions how the blood of beasts or fowls taken in hunting is to be dealt with....
THE -LAW OF HOLINESS 1 [53] " [53] It should be noted that the -Law of Holiness" denoted by His sometimes used to mean the _whole_of chs. 17 26, sometimes the old laws embedded in these chs., and som...
PROHIBITION OF BLOOD IN THE PEOPLE'S DIET 17:10-14 TEXT 17:10-14 10 And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among them, that eateth any manner of blood,...
_AND WHATSOEVER MAN THERE BE OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, OR OF THE STRANGERS THAT SOJOURN AMONG YOU, WHICH HUNTETH AND CATCHETH ANY BEAST OR FOWL THAT MAY BE EATEN; HE SHALL EVEN POUR OUT THE BLOOD THE...
17:14 it; (h-15) Lit. 'its blood is for its life,' the preposition here denoting essence....
RULE OF SACRIFICE. PROHIBITION AGAINST EATING BLOOD 1-9. The first part of this Law prescribes that all oxen, sheep, and goats, slaughtered for food, must first be presented to Jehovah at the sanctuar...
LEVITICUS *WORSHIP THE *LORD IN THE BEAUTY OF *HOLINESS LEVITICUS _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. Words in boxes are from the Bible, except for the words i...
FOR IT IS THE LIFE OF ALL FLESH... — Better, _for the soul of all flesh is its blood, in, or through, its soul,_ that is, the sacredness of the blood arises from the fact that it contains the vital pr...
כִּֽי ־נֶ֣פֶשׁ כָּל ־בָּשָׂ֗ר דָּמֹ֣ו בְ נַפְ
THE PROHIBITION OF FAT AND BLOOD Leviticus 3:16; Leviticus 7:22; Leviticus 17:10 And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire, for a sweet savour: all th...
HOLINESS IN EATING Leviticus 17:1 WITH this chapter begins another subdivision of the law. Hitherto we have had before us only sacrificial worship and matters of merely ceremonial law. The law of hol...
“THE LIFE OF THE FLESH IS IN THE BLOOD” Leviticus 17:1 Every animal that was slain for food was regarded as a kind of peace-offering, and was therefore slain at the door of the Tabernacle. This law,...
Very definite instructions were given to the priests concerning sacrifices. These provided, first, that all sacrifices must be brought to the door of the Tent of Meeting. This provision at once recogn...
What a precious consideration is it to a true believer in JESUS, that CHRIST hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us. Observe, what those two great apostles Peter and Pau...
We have seen the various forms of the work of Christ, of His offering of Himself to God, whether in all the perfectness of His life, or in His death as the means of our acceptance. We have seen furthe...
After this quite special instruction of the day of atonement come some directions, not to purify from defilements, but to preserve from them either the people or the service of the priests (chap. 17)....
FOR [IT IS] THE LIFE OF ALL FLESH,.... Of every animal: THE BLOOD OF IT [IS] FOR THE LIFE THEREOF; for the production, preservation, and continuance of life; that on which life depends, as Jarchi obs...
For [it is] the life of all flesh; the blood of it [is] for the life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh [is]...
1 The blood of all slaine beasts must be offered to the Lord at the doore of the Tabernacle. 7 They must not offer to deuils. 10 All eating of blood is forbidden, 15 and all that dieth alone, or is...
GOD'S RIGHTS WHEN AN ANIMAL WAS KILLED (VV. 1-16) This chapter is an appendix to chapter 16, though it does not deal with the sin offering. Rather, the Lord now strongly insists that any Israelite wh...
10-16 Here is a confirmation of the law against eating blood. They must eat no blood. But this law was ceremonial, and is now no longer in force; the coming of the substance does away the shadow. The...
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In this chapter the reader will find two special points, namely first, that life belongs to Jehovah; and, secondly, that the power of atonement is in the blood. The Lord attached peculiar importance t...
Leviticus 17:14 life H5315 flesh H1320 blood H1818 life H5315 said H559 (H8799) children H1121 Israel H3478 eat
THE LAW CONCERNING THE EATING OF HUNTED DOWN WILD BEASTS AND BIRDS (LEVITICUS 17:13). Leviticus 17:13 “And whatever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers who sojourn among them...
CONTENTS: The place of sacrifice and the sanctity of the blood. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Aaron. CONCLUSION: God's people all meet at one altar in His appointed way, thereby preserving unity and famil...
Leviticus 17:3. _Killeth an ox;_ not for the purpose of eating, but for sacrifice. The object of this precept was first to prevent idolatry, and next to support the religion appointed of God to shadow...
_This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded._ LAWS FOR HOLY LIVING From chap. 17. to chap. 23, everything relates to the duties, qualities, and associations of individuals in private life. This...
LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 17:1 The Handling and Meaning of Blood. Chapter Leviticus 17:1 deals with the handling of sacrificial animals, beginning with a reminde
The Sanctity of the Blood SUGGESTIVE READINGS Leviticus 17:4.—And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle. A captious mind will ask. Why is not sacrifice acceptable to God wherever offered? S...
EXPOSITION This chapter finds its natural place here as the supplement of all that has gone before. The first part of the book contains the institution or regulation of the sacrificial system (chapter...
Now in chapter seventeen, God laid out that there was only to be one place for sacrifice, and that was the temple. They weren't to just sacrifice anywhere but the tabernacle, and later the temples wer...
Deuteronomy 12:23; Genesis 9:4; Leviticus 17:11; Leviticus 17:12...