Leviticus 17:10-15 KJV

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 17:10

Verse 10 10.And whatsoever make there be of the house of Israel. God here not only condemns to death whosoever shall have polluted themselves by eating of blood, but declares that He will Himself take vengeance on them, though they may escape from the hands of the judges; for He not only prescribes to the judges what it is right for them to do, but asserts for Himself the office of inflicting the punishment. For, if we consider the intention of the Law, is there anything to surprise us in this;... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 17:1-16

The first injunction contained in the chapter ( Leviticus 17:2-7 ) is very generally understood to mean that while the Israelites lived in the wilderness, all animals fit for sacrifices which were slain for food should be so far regarded as sacrifices that they should be brought to the door of the tabernacle and slain in the court, an offering of the blood and fat being made to the Lord. Thus the ordinary slaughtering of domestic animals, it is said, became sanctified, and the dignity of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 17:1-16

Grace before meat. Cf. 1 Corinthians 10:31 . From the perfect atonement God provides, we are invited next to turn to the morality he requires. And no better beginning can be made than the acknowledgment of God in connection with our food. The beautiful way the Lord secured his own recognition as the bountiful Giver was by enacting that blood, since it is the means used in atonement, must be devoted to no meaner use. Hence it was to be carefully put away, either by the priest at the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 17:1-16

Statutes concerning blood. The sacredness of blood is everywhere marked in Scripture. The chapter before us contains some of the more important statutes concerning it. I. IN RESPECT TO THE BLOOD OF SACRIFICE . 1 . It must be brought to the door of the tabernacle. (a) To the blood of those offered at the door of the tabernacle. As a matter of course, the bleed of such sacrifices would be sprinkled and poured out at the altar. (b) To the blood of those also... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 17:10-11

The appointment made just above, that the blood of all animals slain in sacrifice should be offered to the Lord on his altar in the court of the tabernacle, leads naturally to a reiteration of the prohibition of the eating of blood, and a statement of the reason of that prohibition. "But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat," was given as a command to Noah ( Genesis 9:4 ). It has already been repeated twice in the Book of Leviticus ( Leviticus 3:17 ; ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 17:10-13

The eating of blood is strictly prohibited; Therefore our Lord's words must have sounded so much the more strange in the ears of the Jews, when he said, "Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you" ( John 6:53 ). The reason why blood may not be eaten is that the life of the flesh is its blood ( Leviticus 17:11 ). Eating the blood was the same thing as eating the life of the animal. Therefore his Jewish auditors would understand our Lord to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 17:10-16

Atoning death. We have here a repetition of a law which had already been twice delivered ( Leviticus 3:17 ; Leviticus 7:23-26 ). Its full and formal restatement is very significant, and this the more because of the emphatic utterance of Divine displeasure in the event of disobedience. "I will even set my face against that soul … and will cut him off," etc. ( Leviticus 17:10 ). Obviously, the highest importance was attached by God to the observance of this injunction not to eat "any... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 17:10-16

Leviticus 17:11 , "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." I. THE NATURAL BASIS OF ATONEMENT . 1 . The preciousness of life. The blood is the seat of life. 2 . The exchange of the altar, blood for life, a lower for a higher, requires a supplementary value, which is represented by the altar itself. 3 . The law proclaimed at... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 17:11

The sanctity of the atoning blood. No act was more strongly denounced than that of eating any manner of blood. The man guilty of that deed, whether an Israelite or a stranger sojourning in the land, was threatened with the displeasure of God and severest penalty. It seemed to partake of the nature of a ceremonial rather than a moral offense, yet it must be remembered that violations of ritual become moral transgressions when they are committed against the known will of the recognized... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 17:12

This verse emphatically restates that the atoning power of the blood, as being the seat of life, is the reason that the eating of it is forbidden, and the same statement is repeated in a different connexion in Leviticus 17:14 . read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 17:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 17:1-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 17:1-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 17:1-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 17:10-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 17:10-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 17:10-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 17:10-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 17:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 17:12

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