Leviticus 17
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Leviticus 17 is a chapter in the Hebrew Bible that sets out laws concerning the proper place and manner of animal sacrifice and the prohibition against consuming blood.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
chapter of the Bible
ⓘ
chapter of the Book of Leviticus ⓘ |
| addressesPractice |
atonement through blood
ⓘ
eating blood ⓘ handling of hunted game ⓘ offering sacrifices at the tabernacle ⓘ prohibition of sacrifices outside the sanctuary ⓘ slaughter of domestic animals ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Israelites
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
resident aliens in Israel ⓘ |
| associatedWithFigure | Moses NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus |
canonical in Christian Old Testament
ⓘ
canonical in Jewish Bible ⓘ |
| divineSpeaker | YHWH NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Leviticus 18 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Leviticus 16 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | legal text ⓘ |
| influencedDoctrine |
Christian debates on food and blood consumption
ⓘ
Jewish dietary laws on blood ⓘ |
| keyVerse | Leviticus 17:11 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Biblical Hebrew NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalCategory |
dietary restriction
ⓘ
ritual law ⓘ sacrificial law ⓘ |
| locatedInTextualUnit | Holiness Code NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionsConcept |
burnt offerings
ⓘ
peace offerings ⓘ uncleanness from carcasses ⓘ |
| mentionsLocation | tent of meeting NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Book of Leviticus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tanakh ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
Old Testament NERFINISHED ⓘ Pentateuch NERFINISHED ⓘ Torah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| penaltyDescribed | being cut off from the people ⓘ |
| positionInWork | 17 ⓘ |
| primaryTheme |
centralization of sacrificial worship
ⓘ
laws about animal sacrifice ⓘ prohibition of consuming blood ⓘ |
| prohibits |
eating any manner of blood
ⓘ
offering sacrifices in the open field ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ |
| requires | bringing slaughtered animals to the tent of meeting ⓘ |
| setting | wilderness period of Israel ⓘ |
| states | the life of the flesh is in the blood ⓘ |
| theologicalEmphasis |
blood as means of atonement
ⓘ
exclusive worship of YHWH ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.