Bar’chu
et YHVH ha-m’vorach, Baruch YHVH ha-m’vorach l’O’lam va-ed! Baruch ata YHVH Eloheinu melech ha-olam asher
bachar banu m’kol ha-amim, v’na-tan lanu eht Torah-to. Baruch atah YHVH, noteyn
ha-Torah. Ameyn.”
(Bless YHVH the blessed One; Blessed is YHVH, the
blessed One for all eternity. Blessed are you, YHVH, our Elohim, King of the
Universe, you have selected us from among all the peoples, and have given us
your Torah.
Lev 17:1 And יהוה spoke to
Mosheh, saying,
Lev 17:2 “Speak to
Aharon, to his sons, and to all the children of Yisra’ĕl, and say to them,
‘This is the word which יהוה has commanded,
saying,
Lev 17:3 “Any man
from the house of Yisra’ĕl who slaughters a bull or a lamb or a goat in the
camp, or who slaughters it outside the camp,
Lev 17:4 and does
not bring it to the door of the Tent of Meeting, to bring an offering to יהוה before the Dwelling Place of יהוה, blood-guilt (Heb – dam chashav – or blood judgment) is reckoned to
that man. He has shed blood, and that man shall be cut off from among his
people,
In other words this guilty person has esteemed the life
blood of this animal in a light or wrongful manner which brings about his
excommunication from the nation of Yisrael – see vs 11&14.
See also 1 Cor 8 and Rom 14 – Shaul’s instructions
regarding meat.
Lev 17:5 in order
that the children of Yisra’ĕl bring their slaughterings which they slaughter in
the open field. And they shall bring them to יהוה at the door of
the Tent of meeting, to the priest, and slaughter them as peace offerings to יהוה.
Lev 17:6 “And the
priest shall sprinkle the blood on the altar of יהוה at the door of
the Tent of Meeting, and shall burn the fat for a sweet fragrance to יהוה.
Lev 17:7 “And let
them no longer slaughter their slaughterings to demons, after whom they whored.
This is a law forever for them throughout their generations.” ’
Lev 17:8 “And say
to them, ‘Any man of the house of Yisra’ĕl, or of the strangers who sojourn
among you, who offers a burnt offering or slaughtering,
Lev 17:9 and does
not bring it to the door of the Tent of Meeting, to do it to יהוה, that man shall be cut off from among his
people.
Lev 17:10 ‘And any
man of the house of Yisra’ĕl, or of the strangers who sojourn among you, who
eats any blood, I
shall set My face against that being who eats blood, and
shall cut him off from among his people.
Elohim fearing gentiles were not excluded from this
responsibility or guarding all other aspects of Torah.
Lev 17:11 ‘For the
life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you upon the altar to
make atonement for your lives, for it is the blood that makes atonement for the
life.’
Lev 17:12
“Therefore I said to the children of Yisra’ĕl, ‘No being among you eats
blood, nor does any stranger who sojourns among you eat blood.’
Lev 17:13 “And any
man from the children of Yisra’ĕl, or from the strangers who sojourn among you,
who hunts and catches any beast or bird, which is eaten, shall pour out its
blood and cover it with dust,
Lev 17:14 for it
is the life of all flesh. Its blood is for its life. And I said to the children
of Yisra’ĕl, ‘Do not eat the blood of any flesh, for the life of all flesh is
its blood. Anyone eating it is cut off.’
Lev 17:15 “And any
being who eats a carcass or what was torn by a beast, be he a native or
a stranger, he shall wash his garments and bathe in water, and shall be unclean
until evening. Then he shall be clean.
Lev 17:16 “And if
he does not wash or bathe his body, then he shall bear his crookedness.”
What is “dam chashav” blood guilt?
Heb 10:28 Anyone who has disregarded the Torah of
Mosheh dies without compassion on the witness of two or three witnesses. (Gk –
anyone repudiating…)
The word disregarded is not a past tense verse but an
aorist verb, indicating that this injunction is still in effect.
Heb 10:29 How much worse punishment do you think shall
he deserve who has trampled the Son of Elohim underfoot, counted the blood of
the covenant by which he was set apart as common, and insulted the Spirit of
favour?
Heb 10:30 …… I shall repay, says יהוה.” And again, “יהוה shall judge His people.”
Heb 10:31 It is
fearsome to fall into the hands of the living Elohim.
It is difficult to fully understand what the writer to
the book of Hebrews is saying about “counting the blood of the covenant common
or unclean”. This could possibly mean diminishing the value of the entire
temple service and system of offerings. Herein lies the danger that we no
longer consider the serious nature of sin and guilt before YHVH.
Even as seekers after the truth, we often don’t realize
the seriousness of sin. There is a great deception and delusion amongst many
believers that sin is no longer such a serious issue. The modern grace
doctrines that so many pay deep homage to could in fact be doctrines of demons
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