Leviticus 17:10-15 KJV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 17:10-16

We have here, I. A repetition and confirmation of the law against eating blood. We have met with this prohibition twice before in the levitical law (Lev. 3:17; 7:26), besides the place it had in the precepts of Noah, Gen. 9:4. But here, 1. The prohibition is repeated again and again, and reference had to the former laws to this purport (Lev. 17:12): I said to the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood; and again (Lev. 17:14), You shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh. A great... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 17:10

And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel ,.... That is by birth an Israelite, of every age, sex, or condition, as before: or of the strangers that sojourn among you ; proselytes of righteousness, for the following law was only obligatory on such, and upon Israelites, as appears from its being lawful to give or sell that which dies of itself to a stranger, that is, to a proselyte of the gate, or to an Heathen, Deuteronomy 14:21 , that eateth any manner of blood ; that... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 17:11

For the life of the flesh is in the blood ,.... The animal life or soul, the life and soul of every creature, and even the animal life and soul of man; agreeably to which our famous Dr. Harvey, who found out the circulation of the blood, says of it, that it is the principal part which first appears in generation; is the genital part, the fountain of life the first that lives, and the last that dies; the primary seat of the soul or life, from whence motion and pulsation take their rise; in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 17:12

Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, no soul of you shall eat blood ,.... Great or small as Jarchi observes, for the reason above given; which, though not expressed before, was the true reason of this law, which had been given before, and now repeated; see Leviticus 3:17 , neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood ; any proselyte of righteousness; this is not observed before. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 17:13

And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you ,.... This form of speaking, which is often used in this chapter, is still observed to point out the persons on whom the law is obligatory, Israelites and proselytes of righteousness: which hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl that may be eaten ; that is, clean beasts and fowls, such as by a former law are observed; and this excepts unclean ones, as Jarchi, but includes all clean ones,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 17:14

For it is the life of all flesh ,.... Of every animal: the blood of it is for the life thereof ; for the production, preservation, and continuance of life; that on which life depends, as Jarchi observes: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh ; of beasts or birds, whose flesh was fit for food; but their blood was not to be eaten, for the reasons before given: for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof ; which is... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 17:15

And every soul that eateth that which died of itself ,.... Through any disease upon it, or by means of any other creature seizing upon it and worrying it, or was not lawfully killed; if a man ate ever so little of it, even but the quantity of an olive, it was a breach of this law; which is connected with the preceding, there being a similarity between them, because such creatures must have their blood in them, not being regularly let out, and so eating of them would offend against the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 17:11

For the life of the flesh is in the blood - This sentence, which contains a most important truth, had existed in the Mosaic writings for 3600 years before the attention of any philosopher was drawn to the subject. This is the more surprising, as the nations in which philosophy flourished were those which especially enjoyed the Divine oracles in their respective languages. That the blood actually possesses a living principle, and that the life of the whole body is derived from it, is a... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 17:14

Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh - Independently of the moral reasons given above, we may add, That blood, being highly alkalescent, especially in hot climates, is subject to speedy putrefaction. That it affords a gross nutriment, being very difficult of digestion, so much so that bull's blood was used in ancient times as poison, "Its extreme viscidity rendering it totally indigestible by the powers of the human stomach." It is allowed that when blood was used in this... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 17:15

That which died of itself, or that which was torn - Because, in both cases, the blood was retained in the body; hence the council at Jerusalem forbade things strangled as well as blood, because in such beasts the blood was coagulated in the veins and arteries. See Acts 15:28-29 . Every thing considered, surely there is as little propriety in eating of blood as there is necessity to do it. They who will do otherwise must bear their iniquity. If blood eating be no offense, then they have no... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 17:10-16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 17:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 17:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 17:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 17:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 17:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 17:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 17:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 17:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 17:15

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