John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 8. And thou shalt say unto them , etc.] To Aaron and his sons, and to the children of Israel, as in ( Leviticus 17:2); whatsoever man [there be] of the house of Israel : belonging to that nation, and to any of its tribes and families, of whatever age; as a young man or an old man, as the Targum of Jonathan; or of whatsoever rank, class, and condition in life: or of the strangers which sojourn among you ; that is, of the proselytes among them; not the proselytes of the gate, who were not admitted to offer sacrifice on the altar of the Lord; and if they were, they could not for noncompliance with this law be cut off from the Jewish church and commonwealth, of which they were no part, only suffered to dwell among them, but partook of none of their privileges; but this is to be understood of proselytes of righteousness, such as embraced the Jewish religion, and submitted to all the rituals of it, and had communion with the body of the people, and shared in all the immunities of their civil and church state, and so liable in case of any real practice to be cut off from them: that offereth a burnt offering or sacrifice ; any other sacrifice besides a burnt offering, as a sin offering, or a trespass offering, or a peace offering.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 10-16 - Here is a confirmation of the law against eating blood. They must ea no blood. But this law was ceremonial, and is now no longer in force the coming of the substance does away the shadow. The blood of beast is no longer the ransom, but Christ's blood only; therefore there is not now the reason for abstaining there then was. The blood is no allowed for the nourishment of our bodies; it is no longer appointed to make an atonement for the soul. Now the blood of Christ makes atonemen really and effectually; to that, therefore, we must have regard, an not consider it as a common thing, or treat it with indifference _________________________________________________
Original Hebrew ואלהם413 תאמר559 אישׁ376 אישׁ376 מבית1004 ישׂראל3478 ומן4480 הגר1616 אשׁר834 יגור1481 בתוכם8432 אשׁר834 יעלה5927 עלה5930 או176 זבח׃2077
