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# Leviticus 17 General Notes

#### Special concepts in this chapter

##### Sacrifices
Sacrifices could only be offered by the priests at the temple. Any other sacrifice was strictly prohibited. This was probably intended to ensure that the people were only offering sacrifices to Yahweh and not to another god. (See: [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/priest]] and [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/falsegod]])

#### Other possible translation difficulties in this chapter

##### "The life of each creature is its blood"
It is unclear why the life is described as being in the blood. It is possible that diseases were more common in the blood and this is why it was prohibited. Blood is also necessary for life to continue in a creature. (See: [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/life]] and [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/blood]])

## Links:

* __[Leviticus 17:01 Notes](./01.md)__

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Delete duplicate MD hash marks 2019-01-31 22:33:39 +00:00			`#### Special concepts in this chapter`
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Delete duplicate MD hash marks 2019-01-31 22:33:39 +00:00			`##### Sacrifices`
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Sacrifices could only be offered by the priests at the temple. Any other sacrifice was strictly prohibited. This was probably intended to ensure that the people were only offering sacrifices to Yahweh and not to another god. (See: [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/priest]] and [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/falsegod]])`

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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`It is unclear why the life is described as being in the blood. It is possible that diseases were more common in the blood and this is why it was prohibited. Blood is also necessary for life to continue in a creature. (See: [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/life]] and [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/blood]])`

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			`* __[Leviticus 17:01 Notes](./01.md)__`
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