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.
Ver. 11. And I have given it to you.] I have set it apart for a sacred use: therefore you may not make food of that which is a figure of Christ.
Verse 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 a...
The prohibition to eat blood is repeated in seven places in the Pentateuch, but in this passage two distinct grounds are given for the prohibition: first, its own nature as the vital fluid; secondly,...
2. THE TESTIMONY CONCERNING THE BLOOD CHAPTER 17 _ 1. Concerning slain animals (Leviticus 17:1)_ 2. Concerning the eating of blood (Leviticus 17:10) This chapter needs little comment. Everything in...
PROHIBITION OF EATING BLOOD, _ i.e._ of eating flesh not properly drained of blood (Genesis 9:4 *). The reason given, that the life is in the blood (Leviticus 17:11), underlies the special importance...
LEVITICUS 17-26. THE HOLINESS CODE (see Introd. § 2). LEVITICUS 17. RESTRICTIONS ON SACRIFICE. The whole chapter recalls P, yet there are differences of phrase (_e.g._ what man soever, Leviticus 17:3...
FOR. This verse, with Luke 24:39; 1 Corinthians 15:50 and Hebrews 13:20, forms. strong chain of truth against the "Mass". MAKE AN ATONEMENT. See note on...
THE -LAW OF HOLINESS 1 [53] " [53] It should be noted that the -Law of Holiness" denoted by His sometimes used to mean the _whole_of chs. 17 26, sometimes the old laws embedded in these chs., and som...
The reason for avoiding blood is given. _the life … your souls … the life_ The Heb. word _néphesh_is the same in the three cases. _it is the blood that maketh atonement by reason of the life_ i.e. t...
DISCOURSE: 134 THE PROHIBITION TO EAT BLOOD Leviticus 17:10. 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 se...
FOR THE LIFE OF THE FLESH IS IN THE BLOOD— In Genesis 9:4 the eating of blood is forbidden. Dr. James upon his plan observes, that it was prohibited for reasons of health, as blood is extremely subjec...
PROHIBITION OF BLOOD IN THE PEOPLE'S DIET 17:10-14 TEXT 17:10-14 10 And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among them, that eateth any manner of blood,...
_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...
17:11 soul (e-3) Or 'life;' 'life' and 'soul' are the same word everywhere here. for (f-24) Lit. 'in souls.' see Note, ch. 6.30. soul. (g-37) Or 'that maketh atonement by the soul (or life).'...
RULE OF SACRIFICE. PROHIBITION AGAINST EATING BLOOD 1-9. The first part of this Law prescribes that all oxen, sheep, and goats, slaughtered for food, must first be presented to Jehovah at the sanctuar...
LEVITICUS *WORSHIP THE *LORD IN THE BEAUTY OF *HOLINESS LEVITICUS _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. Words in boxes are from the Bible, except for the words i...
FOR THE LIFE OF THE FLESH IS IN THE BLOOD. — Better, _for the soul of the flesh is in the blood._ The word here rendered “life” in the Authorised Version occurs twice more in this very verse, and is i...
כִּ֣י נֶ֣פֶשׁ הַ בָּשָׂר֮ בַּ † דָּ֣ם...
THE PROHIBITION OF FAT AND BLOOD Leviticus 3:16; Leviticus 7:22; Leviticus 17:10 And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire, for a sweet savour: all th...
HOLINESS IN EATING Leviticus 17:1 WITH this chapter begins another subdivision of the law. Hitherto we have had before us only sacrificial worship and matters of merely ceremonial law. The law of hol...
“THE LIFE OF THE FLESH IS IN THE BLOOD” Leviticus 17:1 Every animal that was slain for food was regarded as a kind of peace-offering, and was therefore slain at the door of the Tabernacle. This law,...
Very definite instructions were given to the priests concerning sacrifices. These provided, first, that all sacrifices must be brought to the door of the Tent of Meeting. This provision at once recogn...
_Life, ( anima). The sensitive soul depends on the blood. The soul and the blood are often used in the same sense. (Deuteronomy xii. 23; Psalm xxix. 10.) Sanguine quærendi reditus animaque litandum---...
This precept was given as early as in the days of Noah. So leading a doctrine was the atonement, that even then it was held forth in these distant allusions. See Genesis 9:4; Leviticus 3:17....
We have seen the various forms of the work of Christ, of His offering of Himself to God, whether in all the perfectness of His life, or in His death as the means of our acceptance. We have seen furthe...
After this quite special instruction of the day of atonement come some directions, not to purify from defilements, but to preserve from them either the people or the service of the priests (chap. 17)....
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 f...
_Is in the blood_ Depends upon the blood, is preserved and nourished by it. _The blood maketh atonement_ Typically, and in respect of the blood of Christ which it represented, and by which the atoneme...
1 The blood of all slaine beasts must be offered to the Lord at the doore of the Tabernacle. 7 They must not offer to deuils. 10 All eating of blood is forbidden, 15 and all that dieth alone, or is...
For the life of the flesh is in the blood, is carried by 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...
EATING OF BLOOD FORBIDDEN...
GOD'S RIGHTS WHEN AN ANIMAL WAS KILLED (VV. 1-16) This chapter is an appendix to chapter 16, though it does not deal with the sin offering. Rather, the Lord now strongly insists that any Israelite wh...
10-16 Here is a confirmation of the law against eating blood. They must eat no blood. But this law was ceremonial, and is now no longer in force; the coming of the substance does away the shadow. The...
OF THE FLESH, i.e. of living creatures. IS IN THE BLOOD, i.e. it depends upon the blood, is preserved and nourished by it, and is extinguished when the blood is gone. And this law was given to the Jew...
In this chapter the reader will find two special points, namely first, that life belongs to Jehovah; and, secondly, that the power of atonement is in the blood. The Lord attached peculiar importance t...
Leviticus 17:11 life H5315 flesh H1320 blood H1818 given H5414 (H8804) altar H4196 atonement H3722 (H8763) sou
THE REASON WHY ABSTAINING FROM BLOOD IS SO VITAL (LEVITICUS 17:11). Leviticus 17:11 “For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your pe...
ALTAR 1. The value of the "life" is the measure of the value of the "blood." This gives the blood of Christ its inconceivable value. When it was shed the sinless God-man gave His life. "It is not pos...
CONTENTS: The place of sacrifice and the sanctity of the blood. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Aaron. CONCLUSION: God's people all meet at one altar in His appointed way, thereby preserving unity and famil...
Leviticus 17:3. _Killeth an ox;_ not for the purpose of eating, but for sacrifice. The object of this precept was first to prevent idolatry, and next to support the religion appointed of God to shadow...
_This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded._ LAWS FOR HOLY LIVING From chap. 17. to chap. 23, everything relates to the duties, qualities, and associations of individuals in private life. This...
LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 17:1 The Handling and Meaning of Blood. Chapter Leviticus 17:1 deals with the handling of sacrificial animals, beginning with a reminde
LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 17:11 AND I HAVE GIVEN IT. The Hebrew reads literally, “And I, I have given it.” This underscores the action of the Lord himself in granting the means of ATONEMENT. It is h...
The Sanctity of the Blood SUGGESTIVE READINGS Leviticus 17:4.—And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle. A captious mind will ask. Why is not sacrifice acceptable to God wherever offered? S...
EXPOSITION This chapter finds its natural place here as the supplement of all that has gone before. The first part of the book contains the institution or regulation of the sacrificial system (chapter...
Now in chapter seventeen, God laid out that there was only to be one place for sacrifice, and that was the temple. They weren't to just sacrifice anywhere but the tabernacle, and later the temples wer...
1 John 1:7; 1 John 2:2; 1 Peter 1:2; Colossians 1:14; Colossians 1:20;...
Is in the blood — Depends upon the blood, is preserved and nourished by it. The blood maketh atonement — Typically, and in respect of the blood of Christ which it represented, by which the atonement i...