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3. Yet we are to have respect to the public worship of God, not forsaking the assemblies of his people, Heb 10:25. The Lord loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob, and so should we; see Eze 20:40. Though God will graciously accept our family offerings, we must not therefore neglect the door of the tabernacle.
9 and bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation, to offer it unto the Lord ; even that man shall be cut off from among his people.
The Eating of Blood Forbidden
10 And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the
strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.
It is made binding, not only on the house of Israel, but on the strangers that sojourned among them (Le 17:10), which perhaps was one reason why it was thought advisable, for a time, to forbid blood to the Gentile converts, Ac 15:29.
The penalty annexed to this law is very severe (Le 17:10): I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, if he do it presumptuously, and will cut him off; and again (Le 17:14), He shall be cut off. Note, God's wrath will be the sinner's ruin. Write that man undone, for ever undone, against whom God sets his face; for what creature is able to confront the Creator?
11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood; and I have given it to you
upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.
A reason is given for this law (Le 17:11): because it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul; and therefore it was appointed to make atonement with, because the life of the