Leviticus 17:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

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.

Leviticus 17:3

3 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,