Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 7:27
Whatsoever soul [it be] that eateth any manner of blood, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.
Verse 27. Whatsoever soul – that eateth any manner of blood] See Clarke on Ge 9:4. Shall be cut off – excommunicated from the people of God, and so deprived of any part in their inheritance, and in their blessings. See Clarke on Ge 17:14.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Whatsoever soul [it be] that eateth any manner of blood,…. The Targum of Jonathan adds, of any living creature, that is, of any while it is alive; for the Jews always interpret the law in Ge 9:4 of the member of a living creature torn off from it, and its flesh with the blood eaten directly:
even that soul shall be cut off from his people; Maimonides r observes, that to some sorts of food cutting off is threatened, particularly to blood, because of the eager desire of men to eat it in those times, and because it precipitated them to a certain species of idolatry; he means that of the Zabians, of which [See comments on Eze 33:25] of the true reason of the prohibition of eating blood under the law, see Le 17:10, &c.
r Moreh Nevochim, par. 3. c. 41.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(27) That soul shall be cut off.According to the law which obtained during the second Temple, the punishment of excision was only inflicted for eating the life-blood (see Lev. 17:11), that is, the blood in which the life of the animal resides, and the loss of which causes death. For eating the blood found in the limbs, or in any internal portion of the body, a sin offering had to be brought, and the offender was beaten with stripes.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
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“… that soul shall be cut off from his people.” Lev 7:27
There are terrible excisions in life. Expatriation is one. Dismissal from the household circle is another. Expulsion from friendly confidence and association is another. There is a kinship of souls, and that kinship may be forfeited by evil behaviour. Excommunication is not a merely priestly invention; it is based upon a divine decree, and is necessary for social health and honour. Expulsion is threatened to all evil-doers, even by Christ himself. The unprofitable servant is to be cast into outer darkness. Those who have only known the name of Christ are to be disavowed as utterly unknown to him, and are not to be admitted, however loud may be their too-late knocking at his door. The man without the wedding garment is to be turned away from the feast. There is something solemnly awful in this notion of excision. The social touch may be lost He who was once a child at home may be driven away by the scorn of those who have discovered his unworthiness. Had the man never known the warmth of home and the charm of confidence the outer darkness would not be so blank and heavy to him. It is when he remembers what he has lost that the night settles upon him as a burden which he cannot bear. Cut off! Cut off from his people! Living alone for ever! Or, what may be even worse, living for ever amongst strangers who detest his appearance, who suspect his motive, and who flee from his approach! By such hints as these we may get the beginning of an idea of what is meant by eternal punishment! We have all been in a sense cut off from our people. The grand evangelical doctrine is that we may return and be re-established in the household from which we have been ejected. This is, at all events, an encouraging doctrine, full of tender comfort, and pregnant with a suggestion which may well lift the soul out of the deepest despair. The word of the Bible is always a word calling upon the sinner to return. God has no pleasure in the death of the wicked. God is waiting to receive the returning prodigal. This attitude on his part does not express a mere sentiment. He is the very God who first cut off the soul, that through excision he might magnify the grace of salvation. The soul knows when it has been cut off from its people. It has longings and yearnings which tell a bitter tale. It is conscious of necessities which, when allowed freely to express themselves, cry for home and sense of sonship and assurance of security. Imagine a star cut off from its central sun. Imagine a branch cut out of the vine and cast away. Look at a flower plucked up by the roots and disassociated from the processes of the spring. All these images but dimly suggest the appalling condition of the soul that has been cut off from its natural relations, dispossessed and disennobled by the hand of righteousness. Out of all these considerations comes a call to caution, circumspection, and religious anxiety. “Let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.” Let there be no boasting, as if discipline and watchfulness were no longer necessary. The prayer of the soul should always be, “Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe.”
Fuente: The People’s Bible by Joseph Parker
Lev 7:27 Whatsoever soul [it be] that eateth any manner of blood, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.
Ver. 27. Whatsoever soul it be. ] One would think this to be but a peccadillo: yet how fearfully is it threatened! No sin can be little, because there is no little God to sin against.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
that soul: Lev 7:20, Lev 7:21, Lev 7:25, Heb 10:29
shall be: Shall be excommunicated or cut off from the people of God, and so deprived of any part of their inheritance or of their blessings.
Reciprocal: Gen 17:14 – cut Lev 17:10 – that eateth Deu 12:16 – General 1Sa 14:32 – did eat Eze 33:25 – Ye eat