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Unified National Worship
Commentators explain that this law required all sacrifices be brought to the one, central tabernacle. This was a major shift from earlier, more individualistic practices and was meant to unify the nation around a single altar and priesthood. This prevented unauthorized worship and reinforced communal identity before God.
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Leviticus
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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 17:9
17th Century
Pastor
And bringeth it not to the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation, to offer it unto the Lord
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…