Leviticus 17:8

“And thou shalt say unto them, etc.] To Aaron and his sons, and to the children of Israel, as in (<031702>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…”

“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.”

“The strangers which sojourn - The foreigners who dwell. See Leviticus 16:29 note. Or sacrifice - i. e., a slaughtered offering of any kind, generally a peace-offering. return to 'Top of Page'”

“that offereth: Lev 17:4, Lev 17:10, Lev 1:2, Lev 1:3; Jdg 6:26; Sa1 7:9, Sa1 10:8, Sa1 16:2; Sa2 24:25; Kg1 18:30-38; Mal 1:11 Leviticus 17:9”

“To this there are appended three laws, which are kindred in their nature, and which were binding not only upon the Israelites, but also upon the foreigners who dwelt in the midst of them. Lev 17:8-12 Lev 17:8, Lev 17:9 contain the command, that whoever offered a burnt-offering of slain-offering, and did not bring it to the tabernacle to prepare it for Jehovah there, was to be exterminated; a command which involved the prohibition of sacrifice in any other place whatever, and was given, as the further extension of this law in Deut 12 clearly proves, for the purpose of suppressing the disposition to offer sacrifice to other gods, as well as in other places. In Lev 17:10-14 the prohibition of…”