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Leviticus 17:1

Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

Bible Study Resources

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Blood;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ox;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Issaron;   Leviticus;   Pentateuch;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Canon of the Old Testament;   Congregation, Assembly;   Crimes and Punishments;   Deuteronomy;   Hexateuch;   Holiness;   Law;   Leviticus;   Priests and Levites;   Sacrifice and Offering;   Sanctification, Sanctify;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ox;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Altar;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Leviticus;   Maccabees, Books of;   Sanctuary;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Peshiṭta;   Sidra;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The LORD spoke to Moshe, saying,
King James Version
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
Lexham English Bible
Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
New Century Version
The Lord said to Moses,
New English Translation
The Lord spoke to Moses:
New American Standard Bible
Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,
Legacy Standard Bible
Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
Contemporary English Version
The Lord told Moses
Complete Jewish Bible
(LY: iv) Adonai said to Moshe,
Darby Translation
And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord said to Moses,
English Standard Version
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
George Lamsa Translation
AND the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
Good News Translation
The Lord commanded Moses
Christian Standard Bible®
The Lord spoke to Moses:
Literal Translation
And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And ye LORDE talked with Moses, & sayde:
American Standard Version
And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
Bible in Basic English
And the Lord said to Moses,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses, saying:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:
King James Version (1611)
And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
English Revised Version
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Berean Standard Bible
Then the LORD said to Moses,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, Speke thou to Aaron,
Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
Update Bible Version
And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
Webster's Bible Translation
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
World English Bible
Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
New King James Version
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
New Living Translation
Then the Lord said to Moses,
New Life Bible
The Lord said to Moses,
New Revised Standard
The Lord spoke to Moses:
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Yahweh spake unto Moses saying: -
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
Revised Standard Version
And the LORD said to Moses,
THE MESSAGE
God spoke to Moses: "Speak to Aaron and his sons and all the Israelites. Tell them, This is what God commands: Any and every man who slaughters an ox or lamb or goat inside or outside the camp instead of bringing it to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting to offer it to God in front of The Dwelling of God —that man is considered guilty of bloodshed; he has shed blood and must be cut off from his people. This is so the Israelites will bring to God the sacrifices that they're in the habit of sacrificing out in the open fields. They must bring them to God and the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and sacrifice them as Peace-Offerings to God . The priest will splash the blood on the Altar of God at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and burn the fat as a pleasing fragrance to God . They must no longer offer their sacrifices to goat-demons—a kind of religious orgy. This is a perpetual decree down through the generations.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

Contextual Overview

1Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,2"Speak to Aaron and his sons and all the children of Israel, and say to them, 'This is what the LORD has commanded, saying, 3"Any man from the house of Israel who kills an ox or lamb or goat in the camp, or kills it outside the camp 4and has not brought it to the doorway of the Tent of Meeting to offer it as an offering to the LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD, that man shall be guilty of bloodshed. He has shed blood and shall be cut off from his people [excluding him from the atonement made for them]. 5"This is so that the sons of Israel may bring their sacrifices which they were sacrificing [to idols] in the open field [where they killed them], that they may bring them in to the LORD, at the doorway of the Tent of Meeting to the priest, and sacrifice them as sacrifices of peace offerings to the LORD. 6"The priest shall sprinkle the blood on the altar of the LORD at the doorway of the Tent of Meeting and offer the fat up in smoke as a sweet and soothing aroma to the LORD. 7"So they shall no longer offer their sacrifices to goat-idols or demons or field spirits with which they have played the prostitute. This shall be a permanent statute for them throughout their generations."' 8"Then you shall say to them, 'Any man from the house of Israel or any of the strangers living temporarily among you, who offers a burnt offering or sacrifice 9and does not bring it to the doorway of the Tent of Meeting to offer it to the LORD shall be cut off from his people [excluding him from the atonement made for them].

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Cross-References

Genesis 5:22
Enoch walked [in habitual fellowship] with God three hundred years after the birth of Methuselah and had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:24
And [in reverent fear and obedience] Enoch walked with God; and he was not [found among men], because God took him [away to be home with Him].
Genesis 12:1
Now [in Haran] the LORD had said to Abram, "Go away from your country, And from your relatives And from your father's house, To the land which I will show you;
Genesis 12:7
Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, "I will give this land to your descendants." So Abram built an altar there to [honor] the LORD who had appeared to him.
Genesis 16:16
Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar gave birth to Ishmael.
Genesis 18:1
Now the LORD appeared to Abraham by the terebinth trees of Mamre [in Hebron], while he was sitting at the tent door in the heat of the day.
Genesis 18:14
"Is anything too difficult or too wonderful for the LORD? At the appointed time, when the season [for her delivery] comes, I will return to you and Sarah will have a son."
Genesis 28:3
"May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a [great] company of peoples.
Genesis 35:11
And God said to him, "I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply; A nation and a company of nations shall come from you, And kings shall be born of your loins.
Genesis 48:15
Then Jacob (Israel) blessed Joseph, and said, "The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked [in faithful obedience], The God who has been my Shepherd [leading and caring for me] all my life to this day,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the Lord spake unto Moses,.... After he had given him the law about the day of atonement, and the rites belonging to it:

saying; as follows.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This chapter, in its immediate bearing on the daily life of the Israelites, stands as the first of four Lev. 17–20 which set forth practical duties, directing the Israelites to walk, not in the way of the pagan, but according to the ordinances of Yahweh.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XVII

The people are commanded to bring all the cattle they intend to

kill to the door of the tabernacle, where they are to be made

an offering to the Lord; and those who disobey are to be cut

off, 1-5.

The priest is to sprinkle the blood, 6.

They are forbidden to offer sacrifices to devils, 7.

The injunction to bring their offerings to the door of the

tabernacle is repeated, 8, 9.

The eating of blood is solemnly forbidden, 10.

It is the life of the beast, and is given to make an atonement

for their souls, 11, 12.

If a bird or beast be taken in hunting, its blood must be

poured out and covered with dust, for the reasons before

assigned, 13, 14.

None shall eat an animal that dies of itself, or is torn by

beasts; if any act otherwise he must bathe his clothes and his

flesh, or bear his iniquity, 15, 16.

NOTES ON CHAP. XVII.


 
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