Leviticus 17:8

Tell them that if anyone from the house of Israel or any foreigner living among them offers a burnt offering or a sacrifice

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — God commands Moses to instruct the Israelites immediately after prohibiting sacrifices to goat demons. The directive establishes the proper venue for all burnt offerings and sacrifices.

The words — The imperative תֹּאמַר (to.Mar) means "you will say," mandating direct verbal transmission. The phrase מִ/בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (mi./Beit Yis.ra.'El) specifies "from the house of Israel," while הַ/גֵּ֖ר (ha./Ger) identifies "the sojourner" as equally bound by the regulation.

The thread — The requirement to bring offerings to the Tent of Meeting continues the pattern in Leviticus 17:4 and aligns with the blood prohibition in Leviticus 17:10. Unlike Leviticus 1:2, which addresses only the Israelites, this text explicitly extends the sacrificial regulation to the foreigner living among them.

Why it lands — The text requires all worshipers, native and resident, to centralize their sacrifices at the designated sanctuary. It demands uniform obedience to a single location before any theological inference about atonement is drawn.

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The Hebrew words

וַאֲלֵהֶ֣םva./'a.le./Hemand/ to/ them תֹּאמַ֔רto.Maryou will say אִ֥ישׁ'isha person אִישׁ֙'isha person מִבֵּ֣יתmi./Beitfrom/ [the] house of יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsrael וּמִן־u./min-and/ of הַגֵּ֖רha./Gerthe/ sojourner[s]אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-who יָג֣וּרya.Gurhe will sojourn בְּתוֹכָ֑םbe./to.Kha/min/ midst of/ them אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-who יַעֲלֶ֥הya.'a.Lehhe will offer up עֹלָ֖ה'o.Laha burnt offering אוֹ־'ov-or זָֽבַח׃Za.vacha sacrifice

King James Version

And thou shalt say unto them, Whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers which sojourn among you, that offereth a burnt offering or sacrifice,

Cross-references

Leviticus 1:2 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When any of you brings an offering to the LORD, you may bring as your offering an animal from the herd or the flock.
Leviticus 17:4 instead of bringing it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting to present it as an offering to the LORD before His tabernacle—that man shall incur bloodguilt. He has shed blood and must be cut off from among his people.
Leviticus 17:10 If anyone from the house of Israel or a foreigner living among them eats any blood, I will set My face against that person and cut him off from among his people.
Judges 6:26 Then build a proper altar to the LORD your God on the top of this stronghold. And with the wood of the Asherah pole you cut down, take the second bull and offer it as a burnt offering.”
1 Samuel 7:9 Then Samuel took a suckling lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD. He cried out to the LORD on behalf of Israel, and the LORD answered him.
1 Samuel 10:8 And you shall go before me to Gilgal, and surely I will come to you to offer burnt offerings and to sacrifice peace offerings. Wait seven days until I come to you and show you what you are to do.”
1 Samuel 16:2 “How can I go?” Samuel asked. “Saul will hear of it and kill me!” The LORD answered, “Take a heifer with you and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.’
2 Samuel 24:25 And there he built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then the LORD answered the prayers on behalf of the land, and the plague upon Israel was halted.
1 Kings 18:30 Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to me.” So all the people approached him, and he repaired the altar of the LORD that had been torn down.
Malachi 1:11 For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD of Hosts.