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Leviticus 17

Lev 17:1-9—But one place of sacrifice.

Lev 17:5 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.

To the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices

Psa 87:2; Mal 1:11; Heb 13:10.

Lev 17:6 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.

burn the fat

Exo 29:13.

Lev 17:7 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

Hairy one. Deu 32:17; 2Ch 11:15.

Lev 17:9 And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer it unto the LORD; even that man shall be cut off from among his people.

And bringeth it not unto the door

Lev 17:4.

Lev 17:10-16—The explanation and sanctity of "blood."

Lev 17:11 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.

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 possible that the blood of bulls and of goats could take away sins" (Hebrews 10:4).
  2. It is not the blood in the veins of the sacrifice, but the blood upon the altar which is efficacious. The Scripture knows nothing of salvation by the imitation or influence of Christ's life, but only by that life yielded up on the cross.

atonement

See Scofield Exodus 29:33, note.

souls

Sacrifice (typical). See prophetic, Scofield Gen 3:15. (Gen 4:4; Heb 10:18.)

blood

The meaning of all sacrifice is here explained. Every offering was an execution of the sentence of the law upon a substitute for the offender, and every such offering pointed forward to that substitutional death of Christ which alone vindicated the righteousness of God in passing over the sins of those who offered the typical sacrifices (Romans 3:24, 25; Scofield Exodus 29:36, refs.).

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