Leviticus 17:3
in Leviticus 17‘Anyone from the house of Israel who slaughters an ox, a lamb, or a goat in the camp or outside of it
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
What man soever there be of the house of Israel, that killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that killeth it without the camp,
KJV
What man soever there be of the house of Israel, that killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that killeth it out of the camp,
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This verse in Leviticus 17
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Every domesticated animal that was slain for food was a sort of peace-offering Lev 17:5. This law could only be kept as long as the children of Israel dwelt in their camp in the wilderness. The restriction was removed before they settled in the holy land, where their numbers and diffusion over the country would have rendered its strict observance impossible. See Deu 12:15-16, Deu 12:20-24. Lev 17:4 Blood shall be imputed unto that man - i. e. he has incurred guilt in shedding blood in an unlawful manner. Cut off - See Exo 31:14 note.
This site's exposition
killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat
on Leviticus 17:3-4
Every ox, lamb and goat killed in the camp or outside it has to come to the door of the tabernacle, and the man who kills one anywhere else has blood imputed to him. He hath shed blood is the language Genesis 9:6 uses of murder, so the life of the animal is held to belong to God and taking it privately is charged as a crime against him. Deuteronomy 12:15 and 12:20-24 later allow slaughter for food far from the sanctuary, which named commentators read as the release of a rule fitted to a nation camped around one tent.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
That killeth-Not for common use, for such beasts might be killed by any person or in any place but for sacrifice. In the camp, or out of the camp - That is, anywhere.
) as to favour this opinion, for it speaks generally of killing any ox, or lamb, or goat. The learned Dr. Cudworth puts this sense upon it, and thinks that while they had their tabernacle so near them in the midst of their camp they ate no flesh but what had first been offered to God, but that when they were entering Canaan this constitution was altered ( Deut. xii.
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The words behind it
17 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אִ֥ישׁ | ʾish | a person | H376 → | 1663 times |
| אִישׁ֙ | ʾish | a person | H376 → | 1663 times |
| מִבֵּ֣ית | mibeit | from [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾasher | who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| יִשְׁחַ֜ט | yishchat | he will cut [the] throat of | H7819 → | 81 times |
| שׁ֥וֹר | shor | an ox | H7794 → | 79 times |
| אוֹ־ | ʾov- | or | H176 → | 321 times |
| כֶ֛שֶׂב | khesev | a young ram | H3775 → | 13 times |
| אוֹ־ | ʾov- | or | H176 → | 321 times |
| עֵ֖ז | ʾez | a goat | H5795 → | 74 times |
| בַּֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה | bamachaneh | in the camp | H4264 → | 215 times |
| א֚וֹ | ʾo | or | H176 → | 321 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| יִשְׁחַ֔ט | yishchat | he will cut [the] throat of [it] | H7819 → | 81 times |
| מִח֖וּץ | michutz | from [the] outside | H2351 → | 164 times |
| לַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃ | lamachaneh | of the camp | H4264 → | 215 times |
אִ֥ישׁa person
ʾishH376 →1663 times
אִישׁ֙a person
ʾishH376 →1663 times
מִבֵּ֣יתfrom [the] house of
mibeitH1004 →2046 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
אֲשֶׁ֨רwho
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
יִשְׁחַ֜טhe will cut [the] throat of
yishchatH7819 →81 times
שׁ֥וֹרan ox
shorH7794 →79 times
אוֹ־or
ʾov-H176 →321 times
כֶ֛שֶׂבa young ram
khesevH3775 →13 times
אוֹ־or
ʾov-H176 →321 times
עֵ֖זa goat
ʾezH5795 →74 times
בַּֽמַּחֲנֶ֑הin the camp
bamachanehH4264 →215 times
א֚וֹor
ʾoH176 →321 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwho
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
יִשְׁחַ֔טhe will cut [the] throat of [it]
yishchatH7819 →81 times
מִח֖וּץfrom [the] outside
michutzH2351 →164 times
לַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃of the camp
lamachanehH4264 →215 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Leviticus 17:15And any person, whether native or foreigner, who eats anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening; then he…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 14:21
You are not to eat any carcass; you may give it to the foreigner residing within your gates, and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are…
- Exodus 22:31
You are to be My holy people. You must not eat the meat of a mauled animal found in the field; you are to throw it to the dogs.
- Leviticus 22:8
He must not eat anything found dead or torn by wild animals, which would make him unclean. I am the LORD.
- Leviticus 11:25
and whoever picks up one of their carcasses must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean until evening.
- Leviticus 15:5
Anyone who touches his bed must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.
- Deuteronomy 14:21
Through
Leviticus 17:8Tell them that if anyone from the house of Israel or any foreigner living among them offers a burnt offering or a sacrifice
it leads to
- Leviticus 1:2–3
“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When any of you brings an offering to the LORD, you may bring as your offering an animal from the herd or the flock.
- Leviticus 17:4
instead of bringing it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting to present it as an offering to the LORD before His tabernacle—that man shall incur bloodguilt. He has shed blood and must…
- Leviticus 17:10
If anyone from the house of Israel or a foreigner living among them eats any blood, I will set My face against that person and cut him off from among his people.
- Leviticus 1:2–3
Where this verse is studied
About Leviticus
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.