Leviticus 17:13 NIV

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 17:13

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

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 17:10-13

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 17:13-14

Negatively, it has been ordered that blood shall not be eaten; positively, that it is to be offered to God. But there may be cases where the latter command cannot be caused out, as when animals are killed in hunting. On such occasions the man who kills the animal, whether he be an Israelite or a sojourner, is to pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust, regarding it as a sacred thing. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Leviticus 17:10-14

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, its consecration in sacrificial worship.Leviticus 17:11Rather, For the soul of the flesh is in the blood; and I have ordained it for you upon the altar, to make atonement for your souls, for the blood it is which makes atonement by means of the soul. In the Old Testament there are three words... read more

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

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

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 17:10-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 17:10-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 17:10-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 17:13-14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Leviticus 17:10-14

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