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Leviticus — Capítulo 17

BLOOD OF BEASTS MUST BE OFFERED AT THE TABERNACLE DOOR. (Lev. 17:1-16) 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 ki…

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Texto — Reina-Valera 1960

1Habló Jehová a Moisés, diciendo:

2Habla a Aarón y a sus hijos, y a todos los hijos de Israel, y diles: Esto es lo que ha mandado Jehová:

3Cualquier varón de la casa de Israel que degollare buey o cordero o cabra, en el campamento o fuera de él,

4y no lo trajere a la puerta del tabernáculo de reunión para ofrecer ofrenda a Jehová delante del tabernáculo de Jehová, será culpado de sangre el tal varón; sangre derramó; será cortado el tal varón de entre su pueblo,

5a fin de que traigan los hijos de Israel sus sacrificios, los que sacrifican en medio del campo, para que los traigan a Jehová a la puerta del tabernáculo de reunión al sacerdote, y sacrifiquen ellos sacrificios de paz a Jehová.

6Y el sacerdote esparcirá la sangre sobre el altar de Jehová a la puerta del tabernáculo de reunión, y quemará la grosura en olor grato a Jehová.

7Y nunca más sacrificarán sus sacrificios a los demonios, tras de los cuales han fornicado; tendrán esto por estatuto perpetuo por sus edades.

8Les dirás también: Cualquier varón de la casa de Israel, o de los extranjeros que moran entre vosotros, que ofreciere holocausto o sacrificio,

9y no lo trajere a la puerta del tabernáculo de reunión para hacerlo a Jehová, el tal varón será igualmente cortado de su pueblo.

10Si cualquier varón de la casa de Israel, o de los extranjeros que moran entre ellos, comiere alguna sangre, yo pondré mi rostro contra la persona que comiere sangre, y la cortaré de entre su pueblo.

11Porque la vida de la carne en la sangre está, y yo os la he dado para hacer expiación sobre el altar por vuestras almas; y la misma sangre hará expiación de la persona.

12Por tanto, he dicho a los hijos de Israel: Ninguna persona de vosotros comerá sangre, ni el extranjero que mora entre vosotros comerá sangre.

13Y cualquier varón de los hijos de Israel, o de los extranjeros que moran entre ellos, que cazare animal o ave que sea de comer, derramará su sangre y la cubrirá con tierra.

14Porque la vida de toda carne es su sangre; por tanto, he dicho a los hijos de Israel: No comeréis la sangre de ninguna carne, porque la vida de toda carne es su sangre; cualquiera que la comiere será cortado.

15Y cualquier persona, así de los naturales como de los extranjeros, que comiere animal mortecino o despedazado por fiera, lavará sus vestidos y a sí misma se lavará con agua, y será inmunda hasta la noche; entonces será limpia.

16Y si no los lavare, ni lavare su cuerpo, llevará su iniquidad.

JAMIESON-FAUSSET-BROWN BIBLE COMMENTARY

Versículo 5

I. To the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they offer in the open f…

To the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they offer in the open field--"They" is supposed by some commentators to refer to the Egyptians, so that the verse will stand thus: "the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices which they (the Egyptians) offer in the open field." The law is thought to have been directed against those whose Egyptian habits led them to imitate this idolatrous practice.

Versículo 7

II. they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils--literally, "goats." The prohibition eviden…

they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils--literally, "goats." The prohibition evidently alludes to the worship of the hirei-footed kind, such as Pan, Faunus, and Saturn, whose recognized symbol was a goat. This was a form of idolatry enthusiastically practised by the Egyptians, particularly in the nome or province of Mendes. Pan was supposed especially to preside over mountainous and desert regions, and it was while they were in the wilderness that the Israelites seem to have been powerfully influenced by a feeling to propitiate this idol. Moreover, the ceremonies observed in this idolatrous worship were extremely licentious and obscene, and the gross impurity of the rites gives great point and significance to the expression of Moses, "they have gone a-whoring."

Versículo 8

III. Whatsoever man . . . offereth . . . And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle--Before t…

Whatsoever man . . . offereth . . . And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle--Before the promulgation of the law, men worshipped wherever they pleased or pitched their tents. But after that event the rites of religion could be acceptably performed only at the appointed place of worship. This restriction with respect to place was necessary as a preventive of idolatry; for it prohibited the Israelites, when at a distance, from repairing to the altars of the heathen, which were commonly in groves or fields.

Versículo 10

IV. I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his …

I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people--The face of God is often used in Scripture to denote His anger (Psa 34:16; Rev 6:16; Eze 38:18). The manner in which God's face would be set against such an offender was, that if the crime were public and known, he was condemned to death; if it were secret, vengeance would overtake him. (See on Gen 9:4). But the practice against which the law is here pointed was an idolatrous rite. The Zabians, or worshippers of the heavenly host, were accustomed, in sacrificing animals, to pour out the blood and eat a part of the flesh at the place where the blood was poured out (and sometimes the blood itself) believing that by means of it, friendship, brotherhood, and familiarity were contracted between the worshippers and the deities. They, moreover, supposed that the blood was very beneficial in obtaining for them a vision of the demon during their sleep, and a revelation of future events. The prohibition against eating blood, viewed in the light of this historic commentary and unconnected with the peculiar terms in which it is expressed, seems to have been levelled against idolatrous practices, as is still further evident from Eze 33:25-26; Co1 10:20-21.

Versículo 11

V. the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atone…

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--God, as the sovereign author and proprietor of nature, reserved the blood to Himself and allowed men only one use of it--in the way of sacrifices.

Versículo 13

VI. whatsoever man . . . hunteth--It was customary with heathen sportsmen, when they killed any game …

whatsoever man . . . hunteth--It was customary with heathen sportsmen, when they killed any game or venison, to pour out the blood as a libation to the god of the chase. The Israelites, on the contrary, were enjoined, instead of leaving it exposed, to cover it with dust and, by this means, were effectually debarred from all the superstitious uses to which the heathen applied it.

Versículo 15

VII. every soul that eateth that which died of itself (Exo 22:31; Lev 7:24; Act 15:20),

every soul that eateth that which died of itself (Exo 22:31; Lev 7:24; Act 15:20), be unclean until the even--that is, from the moment of his discovering his fault until the evening. This law, however, was binding only on an Israelite. (See Deu 14:21). Next: Leviticus Chapter 18

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