Leviticus 17:1,2
_AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_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,_ What man ... killeth an ox. The Israelites, like other people, living in the desert, would not make much use of animal food; and when they did kill a lamb or a k... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND BRINGETH IT NOT UNTO THE DOOR OF THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION, TO OFFER AN OFFERING UNTO THE LORD BEFORE THE TABERNACLE OF THE LORD; BLOOD SHALL BE IMPUTED UNTO THAT MAN; HE HATH SHED BLOOD; AND THAT MAN SHALL BE CUT OFF FROM AMONG HIS PEOPLE:_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_TO THE END THAT THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL MAY BRING THEIR SACRIFICES, WHICH THEY OFFER IN THE OPEN FIELD, EVEN THAT THEY MAY BRING THEM UNTO THE LORD, UNTO THE DOOR OF THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION, UNTO THE PRIEST, AND OFFER THEM FOR PEACE OFFERINGS UNTO THE LORD._ They offer in the open field.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE PRIEST SHALL SPRINKLE THE BLOOD UPON THE ALTAR OF THE LORD AT THE DOOR OF THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION, AND BURN THE FAT FOR A SWEET SAVOUR UNTO THE LORD._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEY SHALL NO MORE OFFER THEIR SACRIFICES UNTO DEVILS, AFTER WHOM THEY HAVE GONE A WHORING. THIS SHALL BE A STATUTE FOR EVER UNTO THEM THROUGHOUT THEIR GENERATIONS._ Devils, х_ LAS`IYRIM_ (H8163)] - goats. The Septuagint has tois mataiois, vanities, non-entities-an unhappy translation, which e... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THOU SHALT SAY UNTO THEM, WHATSOEVER MAN THERE BE OF THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL, OR OF THE STRANGERS WHICH SOJOURN AMONG YOU, THAT OFFERETH A BURNT OFFERING OR SACRIFICE,_ Whatsoever man ... offereth ... and bringeth it not unto the door. Before the promulgation of the law, men worshipped wherever th... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WHATSOEVER MAN THERE BE OF THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL, OR OF THE STRANGERS THAT SOJOURN AMONG YOU, THAT EATETH ANY MANNER OF BLOOD; I WILL EVEN SET MY FACE AGAINST THAT SOUL THAT EATETH BLOOD, AND WILL CUT HIM OFF FROM AMONG HIS PEOPLE._ I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood. Th... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR 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._ For the life of the flesh is in the blood, х_ NEPESH_ (H5315)]. The vital principle, as existing in the body, reside... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEREFORE I SAID UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, NO SOUL OF YOU SHALL EAT BLOOD, NEITHER SHALL ANY STRANGER THAT SOJOURNETH AMONG YOU EAT BLOOD._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WHATSOEVER MAN THERE BE OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, OR OF THE STRANGERS THAT SOJOURN AMONG YOU, WHICH HUNTETH AND CATCHETH ANY BEAST OR FOWL THAT MAY BE EATEN; HE SHALL EVEN POUR OUT THE BLOOD THEREOF, AND COVER IT WITH DUST._ WHATSOEVER MAN ... HUNTETH. It was customary with pagan sportsmen, wh... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND EVERY SOUL THAT EATETH THAT WHICH DIED OF ITSELF, OR THAT WHICH WAS TORN WITH BEASTS, WHETHER IT BE ONE OF YOUR OWN COUNTRY, OR A STRANGER, HE SHALL BOTH WASH HIS CLOTHES, AND BATHE HIMSELF IN WATER, AND BE UNCLEAN UNTIL THE EVEN: THEN SHALL HE BE CLEAN._ Every soul that eateth that which died... [ Continue Reading ]