Leviticus 17:3-5 KJV,NLT

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 17:3

What man soever there be of the house of Israel, that killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat. The use of the word killeth, instead of sacrificeth, is one of the chief causes of the error referred to above, which represents this command as applying to the slaughter of domestic animals. But it is always permissible to use a generic in place of a specific term, and its use proves nothing. Probably the sacred writer uses it as a less sacred term, and therefore more suitable to sacrifices... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 17:4

In case a man offers a sacrifice elsewhere than at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,… blood shall be imputed unto that man; that is, it shall no longer be regarded as a sacrifice at all, but an unjustifiable shedding of blood, for which he is to be cut off from among his people, that is, excommunicated. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 17:5

To the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices. This passage tells us the purpose of the previous command: it is to prevent sacrifices being sacrificed (the word is twice used in the original) in the open field, or anywhere else than in the court of the tabernacle. It follows that the command refers to sacrifice, not to mere slaughtering. Clark, taking the opposite view of the command, is obliged to change the translation, sacrifices which they offer in the open field, ... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Leviticus 17:3-7

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. The restriction was removed before they settled in the holy land, where their numbers and diffusion over the country would have rendered its strict observance impossible. See Deuteronomy 12:15-16, Deuteronomy 12:20-24.Leviticus 17:4Blood shall be imputed unto that man - i. e. he has incurred guilt in... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Leviticus 17:3

Leviticus 17:3. That killeth Not for common use, for such beasts might be killed by any person or in any place, (Deuteronomy 12:5-14; Deuteronomy 12:26-27,) but for sacrifice, as the sense is limited, Leviticus 17:5, where the reason of the injunction is given. It is true, some suppose that the Israelites were forbidden by this law, while they were in the wilderness, to kill, even for food, any of the animals that were wont to be sacrificed, elsewhere than in the door of the tabernacle,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Leviticus 17:4

Leviticus 17:4. The tabernacle This was appointed in opposition to the heathens, who sacrificed in all places; to cut off occasions of idolatry; to prevent the people’s usurpation of the priest’s office, and to signify that God would accept of no sacrifices but through Christ and in the church; of both which the tabernacle was a type. But though men were tied to this law, God was free to dispense with his own law, which he did sometimes to the prophets, as 1 Samuel 7:9; 1 Samuel 11:15. He... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Leviticus 17:5

Leviticus 17:5. They offer The Israelites, before the building of the tabernacle, did so, from which they are now restrained. Peace-offerings He does not name these exclusively from others, as appears from the reason of the law, and from Leviticus 17:8-9, but because in these the temptation was more common in regard of their frequency, and more powerful, because part of these belonged to the offerers, and the pretence was more plausible, because their sanctity was of a lower degree than... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Leviticus 17:1-16

Sacredness of blood (17:1-16)The blood ritual of the Day of Atonement shows the importance of animal blood in God’s sight. The blood of the animal signified the death of the animal. Therefore, when Israelites wanted to kill animals from their flocks or herds to obtain meat, they were not to slaughter the animals thoughtlessly, but bring them to the tabernacle altar and kill them as peace offering. Thus, besides getting their meat, they acknowledged God in an act of worship. An additional... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 17:1-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 17:1-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 17:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 17:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 17:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Leviticus 17:3-7

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Leviticus 17:3

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Leviticus 17:4

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Leviticus 17:5

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Leviticus 17:1-16

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