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One Altar, One People
Commentators explain that this law centralized all worship at the Tabernacle, marking a significant shift from the patriarchal era where individuals could offer sacrifices anywhere. This new rule unified the nation around one altar, one high priest, and one sanctuary, reinforcing their identity as God's single covenant people.
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Leviticus
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Albert Barnes
On Leviticus 17:8
18th Century
Theologian
The strangers who sojourn – The foreigners who dwell. See the note on Leviticus 16:29.
Or sacrifice – i.e., a slaughtered offe…
Charles Ellicott
On Leviticus 17:8–9
19th Century
Bishop
Whatsoever man there be. —Better, what man soever there be, as it is in the Authorized Version in Leviticus 17:3…
John Gill
On Leviticus 17:8
17th Century
Pastor
And you shall say unto them
To Aaron and his sons, and to the children of Israel, as in (Leviticus 17:2)…
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Matthew Henry
On Leviticus 17:1–9
17th Century
Minister
All the cattle killed by the Israelites, while in the wilderness, were to be presented before the door of the tabernacle, and the flesh to be retur…