“ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, ”
This chapter, in its immediate bearing on the daily life of the Israelites, stands as the first of four Lev. 17–20 which set forth practical duties, directing the Israelites to walk, not in the way...
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 Hebrew...
spake. See note on Leviticus 5:14 .
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, No JFB commentary on these verses.
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 sanc...
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...
HOLINESS IN EATING Leviticus 17:1-16 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 l...
“The Life of the Flesh is in the Blood” Leviticus 17:1-16 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. T...
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 recog...
CONTENTS The substance of this chapter, respects the appointed method of making the offerings. The blood of all slain beasts, must be presented at the door of the tabernacle. The blood is not to be...
And the Lord spake unto Moses ,.... After he had given him the law about the day of atonement, and the rites belonging to it: saying ; as follows.
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...
Directions Concerning Sacrifices. B. C. 1490. 1 And the L ORD spake unto Moses, saying,...
LEVITICUS CHAPTER 17 Sacrifices to be offered only in the temple, Leviticus 17:1-6 , and not to devils, Leviticus 17:7 , on pain of death, Leviticus 17:8,9 . Blood not to be eat, on the sa...
‘And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,' Again it is stressed that we have here God's word to Moses.
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 offe...
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 sha...
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 (c...
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
Leviticus 17:1