11 'For the life of the flesh is in the blood , and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your souls ; for it is the blood by reason of the life that makes atonement .' 12 "Therefore e I said to the sons of Israel , 'No e person among you may eat blood , nor may any alien who sojourns among you eat blood .' 13 "So when any man from the sons of Israel , or from the aliens who sojourn among them, in hunting catches a beast or a bird which may be eaten , he shall pour out its blood and cover it with earth . 14 " For as for the life of all flesh , its blood is identified with its life . Therefore I said to the sons of Israel , 'You are not to eat the blood of any flesh , for the life of all flesh is its blood ; whoever eats it shall be cut off .'
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Leviticus 17:11-14
Commentary on Leviticus 17:10-16
(Read Leviticus 17:10-16)
Here is a confirmation of the law against eating blood. They must eat no blood. But this law was ceremonial, and is now no longer in force; the coming of the substance does away the shadow. The blood of beasts is no longer the ransom, but Christ's blood only; therefore there is not now the reason for abstaining there then was. The blood is now allowed for the nourishment of our bodies; it is no longer appointed to make an atonement for the soul. Now the blood of Christ makes atonement really and effectually; to that, therefore, we must have regard, and not consider it as a common thing, or treat it with indifference.