Leviticus 17:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

Leviticus 17:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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....
Leviticus 17:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Leviticus 17:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

burn . burn as incense. Hebrew. katar . App-43. sweet savour. See note on Leviticus 1:9 .
Leviticus 17:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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.
Leviticus 17:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The priest shall sprinkle the blood, &c.— The Zabii, that they might get into friendship and fellowship with their daemons, used to receive the blood of their beasts which were slain into som...
Leviticus 17:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. No JFB commentary on t...
Leviticus 17:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Leviticus 17:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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 wal...
Leviticus 17:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Leviticus 17:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“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...
Leviticus 17:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Leviticus 17:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 wildernes...
Leviticus 17:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the priest shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar of the Lord ,.... The altar of burnt: offering, Leviticus 1:5 ; [at] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation ; near to which it stood...
Leviticus 17:6 - John Trapp Complete 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. Ver. 6. Shall sprinkle th...
Leviticus 17:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Upon the altar This verse contains a reason of the foregoing law, because of God's propriety in the blood and fat , wherewith also God was well pleased, and the people reconciled. And these two pa...
Leviticus 17:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Leviticus 17:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Directions Concerning Sacrifices. B. C. 1490. 1 And the L ORD spake unto Moses, saying,...
Leviticus 17:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

This verse contains a reason of the foregoing law, because of God's propriety in the blood and fat, wherewith also God was well pleased, and the people reconciled. And these two parts only are mentio...
Leviticus 17:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Law Concerning the Slaying of Clean Domestic Beasts ( Leviticus 17:3-10 ). Leviticus 17:3-4 “Whatever man there is of the house of Israel, who kills an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, o...
Leviticus 17:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 17:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Leviticus 17:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

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. T...
Leviticus 17:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Leviticus 17:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Animals to be Slain by Priests
Leviticus 17:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 29:13 ; Exodus 29:18 ; Leviticus 3:11 ; Leviticus 3:13 ; Leviticus 3:16 ; Leviticus 3:2 ; Leviticus 3:5 ; Leviticus 3:8 ; Leviticus 4:31 ; Numbers 18:17
Leviticus 17:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Upon the altar — This verse contains a reason of the foregoing law, because of God's propriety in the blood and fat, wherewith also God was well pleased, and the people reconciled. And these two pa...

Leviticus 17:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Leviticus 17:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 17:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Leviticus 17:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Leviticus 17:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Leviticus 17:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Leviticus 17:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 17:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Leviticus 17:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Leviticus 17:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Leviticus 17:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Leviticus 17:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Leviticus 17:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Leviticus 17:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Leviticus 17:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Leviticus 17:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 17:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Leviticus 17:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Leviticus 17:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 17:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Leviticus 17:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Leviticus 17:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Leviticus 17:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Leviticus 17:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Leviticus 17:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Leviticus 17:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes