Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Leviticus 17:3
That killeth — Not for common use, for such beasts might be killed by any person or in any place but for sacrifice. In the camp, or out of the camp — That is, anywhere.
That killeth — Not for common use, for such beasts might be killed by any person or in any place but for sacrifice. In the camp, or out of the camp — That is, anywhere.
Every domesticated animal that was slain for food was a sort of peace-offering Leviticus 17:5. This law could only be kept as long as the children of Israel dwelt in their camp in the wilderness. The...
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...
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...
ALL SLAUGHTER MUST BE SACRIFICIAL, _i.e._ at the sanctuary (_cf._ Deuteronomy 12:2 ff., 2 Kings 23:8; Jeremiah 7:18). All slaughter had originally this sacrificial character, among the Hebrews, as amo...
WHAT MAN SOEVER. Hebrew. _'ish 'ish_. KILLETH [in sacrifice]. The Figure of speech _Ellipsis_ (App-6. d) must be thus supplied. For, although the word is Hebrew. _shachat_ (App-43.) and not _zabach_ ...
_killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat_ The animals mentioned are those which are suitable for sacrifice, -of which men offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord" (Leviticus 7:25), and the verb, though u...
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...
WHAT MAN SOEVER THERE BE OF THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL, &C.— This law forbids any beast to be slain for domestic use, unless the blood be poured or sprinkled upon the altar; lest, if they should be slain out...
II. CONTINUANCE IN COMMUNION WITH GOD 17:1-26:46 A. HOLINESS ON THE PART OF THE PEOPLE 17:120:27 1. HOLINESS IN REGARD TO FOOD 17:1-16 a. EVERY MEAL A SACRIFICE 17:1-9 TEXT 17:1-9 1 And Jehovah spak...
_WHAT MAN SOEVER THERE BE OF THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL, THAT KILLETH AN OX, OR LAMB, OR GOAT, IN THE CAMP, OR THAT KILLETH IT OUT OF THE CAMP,_ What man ... killeth an ox. The Israelites, like other people...
17:3 slaughtereth (c-21) 'Kill as sacrifice,' as chs. 1.5 and 3.2; Exodus 34:25 ....
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...
THAT KILLETH AN OX, OR LAMB, OR GOAT. — The law which is thus solemnly laid down is that when one of the three kinds of the sacrificial quadrupeds (see Leviticus 7:23) are intended for private use, th...
אִ֥ישׁ אִישׁ֙ מִ בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֲשֶׁ֨ר י
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 man soever [there be] of the house of Israel, that (b) killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that killeth [it] out of the camp, (b) To make a sacrifice of offering of it....
If he kill, &c. That is, in order to sacrifice. The law of God forbids sacrifices to be offered in any other place but at the tabernacle or temple of the Lord: to signify that no sacrifice would be ac...
It is delightful, even in our most common concerns, to trace somewhat of the ever-blessed JESUS. And it is delightful to the true believer in CHRIST, to trace in the church's history in the wilderness...
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)....
WHAT MAN SOEVER [THERE BE] OF THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL,.... Whether high or low, rich or poor: THAT KILLETH AN OX, OR LAMB, OR GOAT IN THE CAMP; which are particularly mentioned, as Gersom observes, becau...
What man soever [there be] of the house of Israel, that killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that killeth [it] out of the camp, Ver. 3. _What man soever._] Whether Israelite or proselyte,...
_That killeth_ Not for common use, for such beasts might be killed by any person or in any place, (Deuteronomy 12:5; Deuteronomy 12:26,) but for _sacrifice_, as the sense is limited, Leviticus 17:5, w...
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...
What man soever there be of the house of Israel that killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, the most common sacrificial animals, IN THE CAMP, OR THAT KILLETH IT OUT OF THE CAMP, even if the underlying thoug...
ANIMALS TO BE SLAIN BY PRIESTS...
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...
1-9 All the cattle killed by the Israelites, while in the wilderness, were to be presented before the door of the tabernacle, and the flesh to be returned to the offerer, to be eaten as a peace-offer...
THAT KILLETH, not for common use or eating, for such beasts might be killed by any person or in any place, but for sacrifice, as manifestly appears both from LEVITICUS 17:4, where that is expressed, a...
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 17:3 Whatever H376 man H376 house H1004 Israel H3478 kills H7819 (H8799) ox H7794 lamb H3775 goat...
THE LAW CONCERNING THE SLAYING OF CLEAN DOMESTIC BEASTS (LEVITICUS 17:3). Leviticus 17:3 “Whatever man there is of the house of Israel, who kills an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or who kills i...
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...
Leviticus 17:12; Leviticus 17:13; Leviticus 17:15; Leviticus 17:8...