King James Version
Leviticus 17
16 verses with commentary
The Sanctity of Blood
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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<strong>And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sanctity of Blood</strong>. Regulations prohibiting consumption of blood and requiring proper slaughter, emphasizing blood's sacred role in atonement.<br><br><br>The New Testament reveals that Christ's sacrifice accomplishes what the Levitical system could only symbolize—complete forgivene...
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XVII.
(1) **And the Lord spake unto Moses.**—The Day of Atonement was instituted to purge, in an especial manner, the whole community from all their sins, and present them a holy nation before the Lord once a year. Hence it is now followed by regulations concerning every-day life, the observance of which is to foster the holiness secured on that particular day.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**10-20. on the eighth day he shall take two he lambs without blemish, and one ewe-lamb of the first year without blemish--**The purification of the leper was not completed till at the end of seven days, after the ceremonial of the birds [Le 14:4-7] and during which, though permitted to come into the camp, he had to tarry abroad out of his tent [Le 14:8], from which he came daily to appear at the ...
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Chapter 17
Chapter Outline
All sacrifices to be offered at the tabernacle.(1-9)
Eating of blood, or of animals which died a natural death, forbidden.(10-16)
**Verses 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-offering, according ...
Read full commentary →Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them; This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, saying,
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<strong>Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them; This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, saying,</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sanctity of Blood</strong>. Regulations prohibiting consumption of blood and requiring proper slaughter, emphasizing blood's sacred role in atonement.<br><br>The Aaronic priesthoo...
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(2) **And unto all the children of Israel.**—To understand the import of this phrase, and its bearing upon the injunction in question, it is necessary to notice that the words “and unto all the children of Israel” are here used for the first time. Hitherto the Divine communications were made to (1) Moses alone, without his being ordered to speak to any one else (Leviticus 5:14, Leviticus 6:12, Lev...
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**10-20. on the eighth day he shall take two he lambs without blemish, and one ewe-lamb of the first year without blemish--**The purification of the leper was not completed till at the end of seven days, after the ceremonial of the birds [Le 14:4-7] and during which, though permitted to come into the camp, he had to tarry abroad out of his tent [Le 14:8], from which he came daily to appear at the ...
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Chapter 17
Chapter Outline
All sacrifices to be offered at the tabernacle.(1-9)
Eating of blood, or of animals which died a natural death, forbidden.(10-16)
**Verses 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-offering, according ...
Read full commentary →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,
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<strong>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,</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sanctity of Blood</strong>. Regulations prohibiting consumption of blood and requiring proper slaughter, emphasizing blood's sacred role in atonement.<br><br><br>The holiness demanded in Leviti...
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(3) **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, they must not be slaughtered within or outside the camp. That the injunction here refers to the domestic animals in question, and not to the ordinary sacrifices, is not only evident from the expre...
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**10-20. on the eighth day he shall take two he lambs without blemish, and one ewe-lamb of the first year without blemish--**The purification of the leper was not completed till at the end of seven days, after the ceremonial of the birds [Le 14:4-7] and during which, though permitted to come into the camp, he had to tarry abroad out of his tent [Le 14:8], from which he came daily to appear at the ...
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Chapter 17
Chapter Outline
All sacrifices to be offered at the tabernacle.(1-9)
Eating of blood, or of animals which died a natural death, forbidden.(10-16)
**Verses 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-offering, according ...
Read full commentary →And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer an offering unto the LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD; blood shall be imputed unto that man; he hath shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his people:
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<strong>And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer an offering unto the LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD; blood shall be imputed unto that man; he hath shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his people:</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sanctity of Blood</strong>. Regulations prohibiting consumption of blood an...
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(4) **And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.**—Better, *and bringeth it not to the entrance of the tent of meeting; *that is, if he does not bring it to the place where the sacrifices are killed, and offer it first as a peace offering to Jehovah, he is to be regarded as wantonly shedding blood, and will be visited with the penalty of excision.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**10-20. on the eighth day he shall take two he lambs without blemish, and one ewe-lamb of the first year without blemish--**The purification of the leper was not completed till at the end of seven days, after the ceremonial of the birds [Le 14:4-7] and during which, though permitted to come into the camp, he had to tarry abroad out of his tent [Le 14:8], from which he came daily to appear at the ...
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Chapter 17
Chapter Outline
All sacrifices to be offered at the tabernacle.(1-9)
Eating of blood, or of animals which died a natural death, forbidden.(10-16)
**Verses 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-offering, according ...
Read full commentary →To the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they offer in the open field, even that they may bring them unto the LORD, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest, and offer them for peace offerings unto the LORD.
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<strong>To the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they offer in the open field, even that they may bring them unto the LORD, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest, and offer them for peace offerings unto the LORD.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sanctity of Blood</strong>. Regulations prohibiting consumpti...
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(5) **To the end that the children of Israel may bring.**—The reason why these three kinds of animals, when intended for private food, are to be brought to the precincts of the sanctuary, and are there to be offered first as a peace offering to the Lord, is to prevent the Israelites sacrificing them to the demons in the open fields.
**Which they offer in the open field.**—The first part of this ve...
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**10-20. on the eighth day he shall take two he lambs without blemish, and one ewe-lamb of the first year without blemish--**The purification of the leper was not completed till at the end of seven days, after the ceremonial of the birds [Le 14:4-7] and during which, though permitted to come into the camp, he had to tarry abroad out of his tent [Le 14:8], from which he came daily to appear at the ...
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Chapter 17
Chapter Outline
All sacrifices to be offered at the tabernacle.(1-9)
Eating of blood, or of animals which died a natural death, forbidden.(10-16)
**Verses 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-offering, according ...
Read full commentary →And the priest shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar of the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and burn the fat for a sweet savour unto the LORD.
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<strong>And the priest shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar of the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and burn the fat for a sweet savour unto the LORD.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sanctity of Blood</strong>. Regulations prohibiting consumption of blood and requiring proper slaughter, emphasizing blood's sacred role in atonement.<br><br>Th...
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(6) **And the priest shall sprinkle.**—After the animals in question had been duly slaughtered by those who brought them, the officiating priest who caught the blood in a bowl is to throw it upon the walls of the altar of burnt offering. (See Leviticus 1:5.)
**At the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.**—Better, *at the entrance of the tent of meeting.*
**And burn the fat.**—See Leviticus ...
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**21-32. if he be poor, and cannot get so much; then he shall take one lamb--**a kind and considerate provision for an extension of the privilege to lepers of the poorer class. The blood of their smaller offering was to be applied in the same process of purification and they were as publicly and completely cleansed as those who brought a costlier offering (Ac 10:34).
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 17
Chapter Outline
All sacrifices to be offered at the tabernacle.(1-9)
Eating of blood, or of animals which died a natural death, forbidden.(10-16)
**Verses 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-offering, according ...
Read full commentary →And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations.
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<strong>And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sanctity of Blood</strong>. Regulations prohibiting consumption of blood and requiring proper slaughter, emphasizing blood's sacred role in atonement.<br><br>Th...
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(7) **And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils.**—The word (*sēirim*) here translated “devils,” literally denotes *hairy *or *shaggy goats, *and then *goat-like deities, *or *demons. *The Egyptians, and other nations of antiquity, worshipped goats as gods. Not only was there a celebrated temple in Thmuis, the capital of the Mendesian Nomos in Lower Egypt, dedicated to the goat-ima...
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**21-32. if he be poor, and cannot get so much; then he shall take one lamb--**a kind and considerate provision for an extension of the privilege to lepers of the poorer class. The blood of their smaller offering was to be applied in the same process of purification and they were as publicly and completely cleansed as those who brought a costlier offering (Ac 10:34).
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 17
Chapter Outline
All sacrifices to be offered at the tabernacle.(1-9)
Eating of blood, or of animals which died a natural death, forbidden.(10-16)
**Verses 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-offering, according ...
Read full commentary →And thou shalt say unto them, Whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers which sojourn among you, that offereth a burnt offering or sacrifice,
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<strong>And thou shalt say unto them, Whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers which sojourn among you, that offereth a burnt offering or sacrifice,</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sanctity of Blood</strong>. Regulations prohibiting consumption of blood and requiring proper slaughter, emphasizing blood's sacred role in atonement.<br><br>The...
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(8, 9) **Whatsoever man there be.**—Better, *what man soever there be, *as it is in the Authorised Version in Leviticus 17:3. Here again we have an instance of the same legislative phrase used four times in one short section (Leviticus 17:3; Leviticus 17:8; Leviticus 17:10; Leviticus 17:13), being translated differently in the Authorised Version. The law enacted in these two verses requires that a...
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**21-32. if he be poor, and cannot get so much; then he shall take one lamb--**a kind and considerate provision for an extension of the privilege to lepers of the poorer class. The blood of their smaller offering was to be applied in the same process of purification and they were as publicly and completely cleansed as those who brought a costlier offering (Ac 10:34).
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 17
Chapter Outline
All sacrifices to be offered at the tabernacle.(1-9)
Eating of blood, or of animals which died a natural death, forbidden.(10-16)
**Verses 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-offering, according ...
Read full commentary →And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer it unto the LORD; even that man shall be cut off from among his people.
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<strong>And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer it unto the LORD; even that man shall be cut off from among his people.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sanctity of Blood</strong>. Regulations prohibiting consumption of blood and requiring proper slaughter, emphasizing blood's sacred role in atonement.<br><br><br>Hebrews 9-10 ...
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**21-32. if he be poor, and cannot get so much; then he shall take one lamb--**a kind and considerate provision for an extension of the privilege to lepers of the poorer class. The blood of their smaller offering was to be applied in the same process of purification and they were as publicly and completely cleansed as those who brought a costlier offering (Ac 10:34).
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 17
Chapter Outline
All sacrifices to be offered at the tabernacle.(1-9)
Eating of blood, or of animals which died a natural death, forbidden.(10-16)
**Verses 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-offering, according ...
Read full commentary →Eating Blood Forbidden
And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.
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<strong>And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sanctity of Blood</strong>. Regulations prohibiting consumption of blood and requiring proper s...
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(10) **And whatsoever man.**—Better, *and what man soever. *(See Leviticus 17:8.)
**Eateth any manner of blood.**—This prohibition, which has already been mentioned twice in Leviticus, is in both instances joined to the prohibition of fat. (See Leviticus 3:17; Leviticus 7:26-27.) Owing to its great importance, however, the law is enacted here *separately, *where it naturally follows the order that...
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**21-32. if he be poor, and cannot get so much; then he shall take one lamb--**a kind and considerate provision for an extension of the privilege to lepers of the poorer class. The blood of their smaller offering was to be applied in the same process of purification and they were as publicly and completely cleansed as those who brought a costlier offering (Ac 10:34).
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
**Verses 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 blood of beasts is no longer the ransom, but Christ's blood only; therefore there is not now the reason for abstaining there then was. The blood is now allowed for the nourishment of ou...
Read full commentary →For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.
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<strong>For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sanctity of Blood</strong>. Regulations prohibiting consumption of blood and requiring proper slaughter, emphasizing blood's sacred role in atonemen...
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(11) **For the life of the flesh is in the blood.**—Better, *for the soul of the flesh is in the blood. *The word here rendered “life” in the Authorised Version occurs twice more in this very verse, and is in both instances properly translated *soul. *Though it is immaterial whether the word in question is translated *life *or *soul, *it is essential that it should be rendered uniformly throughout...
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**21-32. if he be poor, and cannot get so much; then he shall take one lamb--**a kind and considerate provision for an extension of the privilege to lepers of the poorer class. The blood of their smaller offering was to be applied in the same process of purification and they were as publicly and completely cleansed as those who brought a costlier offering (Ac 10:34).
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
**Verses 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 blood of beasts is no longer the ransom, but Christ's blood only; therefore there is not now the reason for abstaining there then was. The blood is now allowed for the nourishment of ou...
Read full commentary →Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood.
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<strong>Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sanctity of Blood</strong>. Regulations prohibiting consumption of blood and requiring proper slaughter, emphasizing blood's sacred role in atonement.<br><br>Leviticus 17:11 declares 'the...
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(12) **Therefore I said . . . —**Because it is the vehicle of life, and has been ordained by God to atone for life, the children of Israel are here forbidden to eat it. The strangers are also prohibited eating blood, because they have submitted to the law of the land, and because their eating it would not only infringe the law which they have voluntarily adopted, but would lessen the horror with w...
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**21-32. if he be poor, and cannot get so much; then he shall take one lamb--**a kind and considerate provision for an extension of the privilege to lepers of the poorer class. The blood of their smaller offering was to be applied in the same process of purification and they were as publicly and completely cleansed as those who brought a costlier offering (Ac 10:34).
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
**Verses 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 blood of beasts is no longer the ransom, but Christ's blood only; therefore there is not now the reason for abstaining there then was. The blood is now allowed for the nourishment of ou...
Read full commentary →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 thereof, and cover it with dust. which: Heb. that hunteth any hunting
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<strong>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 thereof, and cover it with dust.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sanctity of Blood</strong>. Regulations prohibiting consumption of blood and requiring proper slaugh...
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(13) **And whatsoever man.**—Better, *what man soever *(see Leviticus 17:3). Hitherto the law mainly discussed the blood of sacrificial animals, or those quadrupeds which were slaughtered at home. In this and the following verses the statute is extended to all other creatures which, though wild, are legally clean and used as food.
**Which hunteth and catcheth.**—Hunting, which was an amusement wit...
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**21-32. if he be poor, and cannot get so much; then he shall take one lamb--**a kind and considerate provision for an extension of the privilege to lepers of the poorer class. The blood of their smaller offering was to be applied in the same process of purification and they were as publicly and completely cleansed as those who brought a costlier offering (Ac 10:34).
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
**Verses 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 blood of beasts is no longer the ransom, but Christ's blood only; therefore there is not now the reason for abstaining there then was. The blood is now allowed for the nourishment of ou...
Read full commentary →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 the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off.
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<strong>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 the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sanctity of Blood</strong>. Regulations prohibiting consumption of blood and ...
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(14) **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 principle of all animal life. Or this clause may be rendered, *for the life of all flesh is its blood in, or during, its life, *that is, the life of all creatures consists in its blood; b...
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**21-32. if he be poor, and cannot get so much; then he shall take one lamb--**a kind and considerate provision for an extension of the privilege to lepers of the poorer class. The blood of their smaller offering was to be applied in the same process of purification and they were as publicly and completely cleansed as those who brought a costlier offering (Ac 10:34).
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
**Verses 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 blood of beasts is no longer the ransom, but Christ's blood only; therefore there is not now the reason for abstaining there then was. The blood is now allowed for the nourishment of ou...
Read full commentary →And every soul that eateth that which died of itself, or that which was torn with beasts, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger, he shall both wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even: then shall he be clean. that which died: Heb. a carcase
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<strong>And every soul that eateth that which died of itself, or that which was torn with beasts, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger, he shall both wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even: then shall he be clean.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sanctity of Blood</strong>. Regulations prohibiting consumption of blo...
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(15) **That which died of itself.—**The law enacted here is a natural sequel to the one immediately preceding, since it is still based upon the sacredness of blood. As the body of the animal which either died a natural death, or has been torn by a wild beast, retains a great portion of its blood, it is forbidden to be eaten. The carcases, in which the blood has thus been coagulated in the veins an...
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**21-32. if he be poor, and cannot get so much; then he shall take one lamb--**a kind and considerate provision for an extension of the privilege to lepers of the poorer class. The blood of their smaller offering was to be applied in the same process of purification and they were as publicly and completely cleansed as those who brought a costlier offering (Ac 10:34).
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
**Verses 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 blood of beasts is no longer the ransom, but Christ's blood only; therefore there is not now the reason for abstaining there then was. The blood is now allowed for the nourishment of ou...
Read full commentary →But if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh; then he shall bear his iniquity.
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KJV Study Commentary
<strong>But if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh; then he shall bear his iniquity.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Sanctity of Blood</strong>. Regulations prohibiting consumption of blood and requiring proper slaughter, emphasizing blood's sacred role in atonement.<br><br><br>Every sacrifice and ritual in Leviticus points forward to Jesus Christ, who fulfills the...
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(16) **Then he shall bear his iniquity.**—If he neglects these acts of purification, and enters the sanctuary in a defiled state, or partakes of the sacrificial meal, he is to incur the penalty of excision for the former act, and to be beaten with stripes for the latter, according to the interpretation given to this law in the time of Christ.
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**21-32. if he be poor, and cannot get so much; then he shall take one lamb--**a kind and considerate provision for an extension of the privilege to lepers of the poorer class. The blood of their smaller offering was to be applied in the same process of purification and they were as publicly and completely cleansed as those who brought a costlier offering (Ac 10:34).
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
**Verses 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 blood of beasts is no longer the ransom, but Christ's blood only; therefore there is not now the reason for abstaining there then was. The blood is now allowed for the nourishment of ou...
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