Leviticus 17:10

“And whatsoever man [there be] of the house of Israel, etc.] That is by birth an Israelite, of every age, sex, or condition, as before: or of the strangers that sojourn among you; proselytes of righteousness, for the following law was only obligatory on such, and upon Israelites, as appears from its being lawful to give or sell that which dies of itself to a stranger, that is, to a proselyte of the gate, or to an Heathen, (<051421>Deuteronomy 14:21); that eateth any manner of blood; that is, as Ben Gersom interprets it, of beasts and birds, concerning which the prohibition only is, according to him; for as for the blood of others there was no obligation, nor were any guilty on account of…”

“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…”

“The prohibition to eat blood is repeated in seven places in the Pentateuch, but in this passage two distinct grounds are given for the prohibition: first, its own nature as the vital fluid; secondly, its consecration in sacrificial worship. Leviticus 17:11 Rather, For the soul of the flesh is in the blood; and I have ordained it for you upon the altar, to make atonement for your souls, for the blood it is which makes atonement by means of the soul. In the Old Testament there are three words relating to the constitution of man; (a) “life” as opposed to death Genesis 1:20; Deuteronomy 30:15; (b) the “soul” as distinguished from the body; the individual life either in man or beast, whether…”

“I will set my face - I will be an enemy to him, and execute vengeance upon him immediately; because such persons probably would do this in private, so that the magistrate could not know nor punish it. Write that man undone, for ever undone, against whom God sets his face. Leviticus 17:11”

“that eateth: Lev 17:11, Lev 3:17, Lev 7:26, Lev 7:27, Lev 19:26; Gen 9:4; Deu 12:16, Deu 12:23, Deu 15:23; Sa1 14:33; Eze 33:25, Eze 44:7; Act 15:20, Act 15:29; Heb 10:29 I will: Lev 20:3-6, Lev 26:17; Psa 34:16; Jer 21:10, Jer 44:11; Eze 14:8, Eze 15:7 Leviticus 17:11”