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Leviticus 17:1 open_in_new
spake. See note on Leviticus 5:14.
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Leviticus 17:2 open_in_new
and unto all the children of Israel. First occurrence of this phrase: see note on Leviticus 5:14, marking the solemnity of the charge, and the subject.
children. Hebrew sons.
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Leviticus 17:3 open_in_new
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 (App-43.), the context (verses: Leviticus 17:7-9) shows that only sacrifices in unlawful places are being treated of. There is no contradiction, therefore, of Deuteronomy 12:15; Deuteronomy 12:21, where the context shows equally clearly that only food is in question. Compare Leviticus 17:5.
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Leviticus 17:4 open_in_new
tabernacle. Hebrew. mishkan. App-40.
offer. bring near. Hebrew. karab. App-43.
offering. Hebrew. korban. App-43.
tabernacle. tent. Hebrew. 'ohel.
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Leviticus 17:5 open_in_new
offer. slay in sacrifice. Hebrew. zabach. App-43, thus showing the correct supply of the ellipsis in Leviticus 17:3.
door. entrance.
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Leviticus 17:6 open_in_new
burn. burn as incense. Hebrew. katar. App-43.
sweet savour. See note on Leviticus 1:9.
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Leviticus 17:7 open_in_new
no more: implies that they had done so in Egypt to the goat image "Pan". Compare Joshua 24:14.Ezekiel 20:7; Ezekiel 23:3, &c, and especially 2 Chronicles 11:15.
offer. slay in sacrifice. Hebrew zabac h. App-43.
devils. Hebrew. sa'ir. (Only here and 2 Chronicles 11:15, "devils". In Isaiah 13:21; Isaiah 34:14 rendered "satyrs". an imaginary demon: half-goat, half-man. Septuagint. demons:) from Hebrew root, meaning to shudder. From this "Pan" came the "satyrs", "fauns", and woodland gods of Greece and Rome, and also the "devil" of Christendom.
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Leviticus 17:8 open_in_new
offereth. offereth up. Hebrew. alah App-43.
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Leviticus 17:9 open_in_new
offer. prepare. Hebrew. 'asah. App-43.
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Leviticus 17:10 open_in_new
soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
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Leviticus 17:11 open_in_new
For. This verse, with Luke 24:39; 1 Corinthians 15:50 and Hebrews 13:20, forms. strong chain of truth against the "Mass".
make an atonement. See note on Exodus 29:33.
soul. Hebrew. nephesh, because the soul is the life. Thus. life is substituted for. life. Hence Hebrews 9:22.
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Leviticus 17:12 open_in_new
Therefore. Hence Acts 15:20; Acts 15:29; Acts 21:25.
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Leviticus 17:13 open_in_new
which hunteth. which shall hunt any hunting. Figure of speech Polyptoton,. necessity with Israel, not sport; for extermination (Exodus 23:29) and for food (Genesis 25:27; Proverbs 12:27). Compare 1 Samuel 14:32-34 and Ezekiel 33:25.
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Leviticus 17:15 open_in_new
bathe. See note on Leviticus 14:9. The rigour of this law seen from 1 Samuel 14:32-35.
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Leviticus 17:16 open_in_new
iniquity. Hebrew. 'avah. App-44.