A² w¹ 1-9. The appointed place.
w² 10-16. The appointed food.1490 B.C.
Leviticus 17)
1: And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
2: "Speak to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the
sons of Israel (first occ. of this phrase: see note on Lev.5:15, marking the solemnity of the charge, and the subject), and say to them; 'This is the thing which the Lord has commanded, saying,
3: 'What man soever there be of the house of Israel, that
kills in sacrifice an ox (The Fig. Ellipsis must be supplied. For, although the word is Heb. shâchat and not zabach, the context, vv.5,7-9, shows that only sacrifices in unlawful places are being treated of. There is no contradiction, therefore, of Deut. 12:15,21, where the context shows equally clearly that only food is in question. Cp. v.5), or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that kills it out of the camp,
4: And brings it not to the entrance of the tent of the assembly, to bring near an admittance offering to the Lord before the tent of the Lord; blood shall be imputed to that man; he has shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his people:' '
5: To the end that the sons of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they offer in the open field
(= slay in sacrifice. Heb. zabach, thus showing the correct supply of the ellipsis in v.3), even that they may bring them to the Lord, to the entrance of the tent of the assembly, to the priest, and offer them for peace offerings to the Lord.
6: And the priest shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar of the Lord at the entrance of the tent of the assembly, and burn the fat for a sweet satisfaction to the Lord.
7: And they shall no more (implies that they had done so in Egypt to the goat image "Pan". Cp. Josh. 24:14. Ezek. 20:7; 23:3 &c., and especially 2 Chron. 11:15) slay in sacrifice their sacrifices to devils (Heb. sa‘îr. Only here and 2 Chron. 11:15, "devils". In Isa. 13:21; 34:14 rendered "satyrs" = an imaginary demon: half-goat, half-man. Sept. = demons: from Heb. root, meaning to shudder. From this "Pan" came the "satyrs", "Fauns", and woodland gods of Greece and Rome, and also the "devil" of Christendom), after whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations."
8: And you shall say to them, 'Whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers which sojourn
among you, that offers up a burnt offering of sacrifice, (especially a burnt offering. Heb. ‘âlâh, from ‘olah)
9: And brings it not to the entrance of the tent of the assembly, to prepare it to the Lord; even that man shall be cut off from among his people.