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This is to be a lasting ordinance for them and for the generations to come.&#8217 <a href="/nlt/leviticus/17.htm">New Living Translation</a> The people must no longer be unfaithful to the LORD by offering sacrifices to the goat idols. This is a permanent law for them, to be observed from generation to generation. <a href="/esv/leviticus/17.htm">English Standard Version</a> So they shall no more sacrifice their sacrifices to goat demons, after whom they whore. This shall be a statute forever for them throughout their generations. <a href="/bsb/leviticus/17.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> They must no longer offer their sacrifices to the goat demons to which they have prostituted themselves. This will be a permanent statute for them for the generations to come.’ <a href="/kjv/leviticus/17.htm">King James Bible</a> And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations. <a href="/nkjv/leviticus/17.htm">New King James Version</a> They shall no more offer their sacrifices to demons, after whom they have played the harlot. This shall be a statute forever for them throughout their generations.” ’ <a href="/nasb_/leviticus/17.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> And they shall no longer offer their sacrifices to the goat demons with which they play the prostitute. This shall be a permanent statute to them throughout their generations.”’ <a href="/nasb/leviticus/17.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220They shall no longer sacrifice their sacrifices to the goat demons with which they play the harlot. This shall be a permanent statute to them throughout their generations."&#8217 <a href="/nasb77/leviticus/17.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “And they shall no longer sacrifice their sacrifices to the goat demons with which they play the harlot. This shall be a permanent statute to them throughout their generations.”’ <a href="/lsb/leviticus/17.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And they shall no longer sacrifice their sacrifices to the goat demons with which they play the harlot. This shall be a perpetual statute to them throughout their generations.”’ <a href="/amp/leviticus/17.htm">Amplified Bible</a> So they shall no longer offer their sacrifices to goat-idols or demons or field spirits with which they have played the prostitute. This shall be a permanent statute for them throughout their generations.”’ <a href="/csb/leviticus/17.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> They must no longer offer their sacrifices to the goat-demons that they have prostituted themselves with. This will be a permanent statute for them throughout their generations. <a href="/hcsb/leviticus/17.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> They must no longer offer their sacrifices to the goat-demons that they have prostituted themselves with. This will be a permanent statute for them throughout their generations.&#8221 <a href="/asv/leviticus/17.htm">American Standard Version</a> And they shall no more sacrifice their sacrifices unto the he-goats, after which they play the harlot. This shall be a statute forever unto them throughout their generations. <a href="/cev/leviticus/17.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Don't ever turn from me again and offer sacrifices to goat-demons. This law will never change. <a href="/erv/leviticus/17.htm">English Revised Version</a> And they shall no more sacrifice their sacrifices unto the he-goats, after whom they go a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations. <a href="/gwt/leviticus/17.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> The people must stop sacrificing to goat idols and chasing after them as though they were prostitutes. This is a permanent law for the people and for future generations. <a href="/gnt/leviticus/17.htm">Good News Translation</a> The people of Israel must no longer be unfaithful to the LORD by killing their animals in the fields as sacrifices to the goat demons. The people of Israel must keep this regulation for all time to come. <a href="/isv/leviticus/17.htm">International Standard Version</a> They are no longer to slaughter their sacrifices to the goat demons, with whom they have been committing prostitution. This will be a perpetual statute for you throughout your generations. <a href="/msb/leviticus/17.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> They must no longer offer their sacrifices to the goat demons to which they have prostituted themselves. This will be a permanent statute for them for the generations to come.? <a href="/net/leviticus/17.htm">NET Bible</a> So they must no longer offer their sacrifices to the goat demons, acting like prostitutes by going after them. This is to be a perpetual statute for them throughout their generations. <a href="/nheb/leviticus/17.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> They shall no more sacrifice their sacrifices to the goat idols, after which they play the prostitute. This shall be a statute forever to them throughout their generations.' <a href="/wbt/leviticus/17.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And they shall no more offer their sacrifices to idols, with which they have committed idolatry: This shall be a statute for ever to them throughout their generations. <a href="/web/leviticus/17.htm">World English Bible</a> They shall no more sacrifice their sacrifices to the goat idols, after which they play the prostitute. This shall be a statute forever to them throughout their generations.’ <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/leviticus/17.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and they do not sacrifice their sacrifices anymore to the goat [idols] after which they are going whoring; this is a continuous statute to them, throughout their generations. <a href="/ylt/leviticus/17.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and they sacrifice not any more their sacrifices to goats after which they are going a-whoring; a statute age-during is this to them, to their generations. <a href="/slt/leviticus/17.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And they shall no more sacrifice their sacrifices to satyrs with whom they committed fornication after them: this shall be to them a law forever to their generations.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/leviticus/17.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And they shall no more sacrifice their victims to devils, with whom they have committed fornication. It shall be an ordinance for ever to them and to their posterity. <a href="/cpdv/leviticus/17.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And they shall no longer immolate their victims to demons, with whom they have committed fornication. It shall be an everlasting ordinance for them and for their posterity. <a href="/nabre/leviticus/17.htm">New American Bible</a> No longer shall they offer their sacrifices to the demons with whom they prostituted themselves. This shall be an everlasting statute for them and their descendants. <a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/17.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> so that they may no longer offer their sacrifices for goat-demons, to whom they prostitute themselves. This shall be a statute forever to them throughout their generations.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/17.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And they shall no more offer their sacrifices to the demons after whom they have gone astray. This shall be a statute for ever to them throughout their generations. <a href="/hpbt/leviticus/17.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And they shall not again sacrifice their sacrifices to demons, after whom they go astray. This Written Law shall be theirs for a lifetime for their generations.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/leviticus/17.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And they shall no more sacrifice their sacrifices unto the satyrs, after whom they go astray. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations. <a href="/sep/leviticus/17.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And they shall no longer offer their sacrifices to vain gods after which they go a whoring; it shall be a perpetual statute to you for your generations. <a href="/parallel/leviticus/17-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=4619" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/leviticus/17.htm">The Place of Sacrifice</a> …6The priest will then sprinkle the blood on the altar of the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and burn the fat as a pleasing aroma to the LORD. 7<a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō- (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">They must no</a> <a href="/hebrew/5750.htm" title="5750: ‘ō·wḏ (Adv) -- Or rod; from uwd; properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially, again, repeatedly, still, more.">longer</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2076.htm" title="2076: yiz·bə·ḥū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To slaughter for sacrifice. A primitive root; to slaughter an animal.">offer</a> <a href="/hebrew/2077.htm" title="2077: ziḇ·ḥê·hem (N-mpc:: 3mp) -- A sacrifice. From zabach; properly, a slaughter, i.e. The flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice.">their sacrifices</a> <a href="/hebrew/8163.htm" title="8163: laś·śə·‘î·rim (Prep-l, Art:: N-mp) -- Shaggy, a he-goat, a faun. Or sabir; from sa'ar; shaggy; as noun, a he-goat; by analogy, a faun.">to the goat demons</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">to which</a> <a href="/hebrew/1992.htm" title="1992: hêm (Pro-3mp) -- They. Or hemmah; masculine plural from halak; they.">they</a> <a href="/hebrew/2181.htm" title="2181: zō·nîm (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- To commit fornication, be a harlot. A primitive root; to commit adultery; figuratively, to commit idolatry.">have prostituted</a> <a href="/hebrew/310.htm" title="310: ’a·ḥă·rê·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- The hind or following part. From 'achar; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after.">themselves.</a> <a href="/hebrew/2063.htm" title="2063: zōṯ (Pro-fs) -- Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that. Irregular feminine of zeh; this.">This</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: tih·yeh- (V-Qal-Imperf-3fs) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">will be</a> <a href="/hebrew/5769.htm" title="5769: ‘ō·w·lām (N-ms) -- Long duration, antiquity, futurity. ">a permanent</a> <a href="/hebrew/2708.htm" title="2708: ḥuq·qaṯ (N-fsc) -- Something prescribed, an enactment, statute. Feminine of choq, and meaning substantially the same.">statute</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·hem (Prep-l:: Pro-3mp) -- ">for them</a> <a href="/hebrew/1755.htm" title="1755: lə·ḏō·rō·ṯām (Prep-l:: N-mpc:: 3mp) -- Period, generation, dwelling. Or dor; from duwr; properly, a revolution of time, i.e. An age or generation; also a dwelling.">for the generations to come.’</a> 8Tell them that if anyone from the house of Israel or any foreigner living among them offers a burnt offering or a sacrifice…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-17.htm">Deuteronomy 32:17</a> They sacrificed to demons, not to God, to gods they had not known, to newly arrived gods, which your fathers did not fear. <a href="/2_chronicles/11-15.htm">2 Chronicles 11:15</a> And Jeroboam appointed his own priests for the high places and for the goat demons and calf idols he had made. <a href="/psalms/106-37.htm">Psalm 106:37</a> They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons. <a href="/1_corinthians/10-20.htm">1 Corinthians 10:20</a> No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons. <a href="/revelation/9-20.htm">Revelation 9:20</a> Now the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk. <a href="/exodus/32-8.htm">Exodus 32:8</a> How quickly they have turned aside from the way that I commanded them! They have made for themselves a molten calf and have bowed down to it. They have sacrificed to it and said, ‘These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.’” <a href="/judges/2-17.htm">Judges 2:17</a> Israel, however, did not listen to their judges. Instead, they prostituted themselves with other gods and bowed down to them. They quickly turned from the way of their fathers, who had walked in obedience to the LORD’s commandments; they did not do as their fathers had done. <a href="/2_kings/17-16.htm">2 Kings 17:16-17</a> They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served Baal. / They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire and practiced divination and soothsaying. They devoted themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger. <a href="/isaiah/57-5.htm">Isaiah 57:5</a> who burn with lust among the oaks, under every luxuriant tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks? <a href="/jeremiah/19-5.htm">Jeremiah 19:5</a> They have built high places to Baal on which to burn their children in the fire as offerings to Baal—something I never commanded or mentioned, nor did it even enter My mind. <a href="/ezekiel/20-16.htm">Ezekiel 20:16</a> because they kept rejecting My ordinances, refusing to walk in My statutes, and profaning My Sabbaths; for their hearts continually went after their idols. <a href="/hosea/4-12.htm">Hosea 4:12</a> My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of prostitution leads them astray and they have played the harlot against their God. <a href="/acts/7-41.htm">Acts 7:41-42</a> At that time they made a calf and offered a sacrifice to the idol, rejoicing in the works of their hands. / But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel? <a href="/galatians/4-8.htm">Galatians 4:8</a> Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods. <a href="/1_timothy/4-1.htm">1 Timothy 4:1</a> Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And they shall no more offer their sacrifices to devils, after whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever to them throughout their generations.unto devils<a href="/deuteronomy/32-17.htm">Deuteronomy 32:17</a> They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.<a href="/2_chronicles/11-15.htm">2 Chronicles 11:15</a> And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made.<a href="/psalms/106-37.htm">Psalm 106:37</a> Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,gone a whoring.<a href="/leviticus/20-5.htm">Leviticus 20:5</a> Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people.<a href="/exodus/34-15.htm">Exodus 34:15</a> Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;<a href="/deuteronomy/31-16.htm">Deuteronomy 31:16</a> And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/34-16.htm">Astray</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-4.htm">Committed</a> <a href="/revelation/18-2.htm">Demons</a> <a href="/revelation/18-2.htm">Devils</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-34.htm">Everlasting</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-3.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-31.htm">Forever</a> <a href="/leviticus/10-9.htm">Generations</a> <a href="/acts/28-26.htm">Go</a> <a href="/leviticus/17-3.htm">Goat</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-8.htm">Goats</a> <a href="/exodus/34-16.htm">Harlot</a> <a href="/1_peter/4-3.htm">Idolatry</a> <a href="/exodus/34-17.htm">Idols</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-25.htm">Longer</a> <a href="/leviticus/17-6.htm">Offer</a> <a href="/leviticus/17-5.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-34.htm">Ordinance</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-34.htm">Permanent</a> <a href="/exodus/34-16.htm">Play</a> <a href="/exodus/34-16.htm">Prostitute</a> <a href="/leviticus/17-5.htm">Sacrifice</a> <a href="/leviticus/17-5.htm">Sacrifices</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-21.htm">Satyrs</a> <a href="/leviticus/17-5.htm">Slay</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-34.htm">Statute</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-18.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/leviticus/10-9.htm">Throughout</a> <a href="/exodus/23-27.htm">Turning</a> <a href="/exodus/34-16.htm">Whoring</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/20-5.htm">Astray</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-30.htm">Committed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-17.htm">Demons</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-17.htm">Devils</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-21.htm">Everlasting</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-17.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-14.htm">Forever</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-17.htm">Generations</a> <a href="/numbers/31-3.htm">Go</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-27.htm">Goat</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-19.htm">Goats</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-29.htm">Harlot</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-16.htm">Idolatry</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-4.htm">Idols</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-13.htm">Longer</a> <a href="/leviticus/17-9.htm">Offer</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-5.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-30.htm">Ordinance</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-32.htm">Permanent</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-5.htm">Play</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-29.htm">Prostitute</a> <a href="/leviticus/17-8.htm">Sacrifice</a> <a href="/numbers/10-10.htm">Sacrifices</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/11-15.htm">Satyrs</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-15.htm">Slay</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-14.htm">Statute</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-24.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-17.htm">Throughout</a> <a href="/numbers/14-25.htm">Turning</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-5.htm">Whoring</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 17</div>1. <a href="/leviticus/17-1.htm">The blood of slain beasts must be offered to the Lord at the tabernacle door</a> 7. <a href="/leviticus/17-7.htm">They must not offer to idols</a> 10. <a href="/leviticus/17-10.htm">All eating of blood is forbidden</a> 15. <a href="/leviticus/17-15.htm">and of all that dies by itself, or is torn</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The Israelites were instructed to bring their offerings to the tabernacle, emphasizing the centralization of worship and the importance of following God's ordained methods. This reflects the broader biblical theme of obedience to God's commands and the rejection of syncretism.to the goat demons The term "goat demons" refers to pagan deities or spirits that were believed to inhabit the wilderness. In ancient Near Eastern cultures, these entities were often associated with fertility and chaos. The Israelites were warned against engaging in idolatrous practices that were common among surrounding nations. This highlights the biblical theme of spiritual purity and the rejection of idolatry, as seen in the first two commandments (<a href="/exodus/20-3.htm">Exodus 20:3-4</a>).to which they have prostituted themselves The use of the term "prostituted" metaphorically describes Israel's unfaithfulness to God through idolatry. This language is consistent with prophetic literature, such as Hosea, where idolatry is likened to adultery. It underscores the covenant relationship between God and Israel, where idolatry is seen as a breach of faithfulness.This will be a permanent statute for them The phrase indicates the enduring nature of this command. It was not a temporary measure but a lasting ordinance meant to guide the Israelites in their worship practices. This reflects the unchanging nature of God's standards and the importance of maintaining holiness and purity in worship.for the generations to come This emphasizes the transgenerational aspect of God's commandments. The instruction was not only for the immediate audience but for all future descendants. It underscores the importance of teaching and preserving God's laws across generations, as seen in <a href="/deuteronomy/6-6.htm">Deuteronomy 6:6-7</a>, where parents are instructed to teach God's commands to their children.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a> The people of God who were given the law through Moses. They were called to be holy and set apart from other nations. 2. <a href="/topical/g/goat_demons.htm">Goat Demons</a> Pagan deities or spirits that the Israelites were forbidden to worship. The Hebrew word used here is (se'irim), which can refer to goat-like demons or idols. 3. <a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a> The prophet and leader through whom God delivered the law to the Israelites. 4. <a href="/topical/w/wilderness.htm">Wilderness</a> The setting where the Israelites received the law and where they were tempted to follow pagan practices. 5. <a href="/topical/t/tabernacle.htm">Tabernacle</a> The central place of worship for the Israelites, where sacrifices were to be made to God alone.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/e/exclusive_worship_of_god.htm">Exclusive Worship of God</a> God demands exclusive worship. Just as the Israelites were called to abandon pagan practices, Christians are called to worship God alone, avoiding modern forms of idolatry. <a href="/topical/s/spiritual_adultery.htm">Spiritual Adultery</a> Idolatry is likened to spiritual adultery. When we give our devotion to anything other than God, we are unfaithful to Him. <a href="/topical/p/permanent_statute.htm">Permanent Statute</a> The command to avoid idolatry is not just historical but is a timeless principle for all generations. <a href="/topical/c/centralized_worship.htm">Centralized Worship</a> The importance of worshiping God in the manner He prescribes, emphasizing the need for obedience and reverence in our worship practices. <a href="/topical/g/guarding_against_syncretism.htm">Guarding Against Syncretism</a> Believers must be vigilant against blending Christian faith with other religious or secular practices that compromise the purity of worship.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_17.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 17</a> <a href="/q/who_is_azazel_in_mythology.htm">Who or what is the figure Azazel in mythology?</a> <a href="/q/what's_the_plot_of_kingdom_of_darkness.htm">What is the plot of Kingdom of Darkness?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_vicarious_atonement.htm">What is the concept of vicarious atonement?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_jer._7_22-23_align_with_leviticus.htm">Jeremiah 7:22-23: How does God denying He commanded sacrifices align with earlier laws in Leviticus that clearly mandate offerings?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/17.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(7) And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils.--The word (s?irim) here translated "devils," literally denotes hairy or shaggy goats, and then goat-like deities, or demons. The Egyptians, and other nations of antiquity, worshipped goats as gods. Not only was there a celebrated temple in Thmuis, the capital of the Mendesian Nomos in Lower Egypt, dedicated to the goat-image Pan, whom they called Mendes, and worshipped as the oracle, and as the fertilising principle in nature, but they erected statues of him everywhere. Hence the Pan, Silenus, satyrs, fauns, and the woodland gods among the Greeks and Romans; and hence, too, the goat-like form of the devil, with a tail, horns, and cloven feet, which obtain in medieval Christianity, and which may still be seen in some European cities. The terror which the devil, appearing in this Pan-like form, created among those who were thought to have seen him, has given rise to our expression panic. This is the form of idolatrous worship which the Jews brought with them from Egypt, and to which reference is continually made. (See <a href="/joshua/24-14.htm" title="Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve you the LORD.">Joshua 24:14</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/20-7.htm" title="Then said I to them, Cast you away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.">Ezekiel 20:7</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/23-3.htm" title="And they committed prostitutions in Egypt; they committed prostitutions in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity.">Ezekiel 23:3</a>, &c.; and especially <a href="/2_chronicles/11-15.htm" title="And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made.">2Chronicles 11:15</a>.) The expression "and they shall no more offer" shows that the Israelites were hitherto in the habit of first dedicating their ordinary food to these deities; whilst the words "gone a whoring" indicate the orgies connected with this form of idol worship, It has been urged that the demand to offer up, in so confined a space as the entrance of the sanctuary, the domestic animals intended for the daily consumption of more than 600,000 people, imposed a task upon the people which it was impossible for them to carry out. Hence it has been urged that the injunction here (<a href="/context/leviticus/17-2.htm" title="Speak to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel, and say to them; This is the thing which the LORD has commanded, saying,">Leviticus 17:2-7</a>) must refer to sacrifices. But this difficulty arises from importing our modern notions into the ancient mode of living. The ancient Israelites, like the modem Orientals, especially the nomadic tribes, ate very little flesh meat apart from the seasons of sacrifice, which were the occasions of feasting. Besides, those who urge this difficulty ignore the fact that the injunction before us is restricted to the three kinds of animals; that none of the wild clean quadrupeds, as stags, roes, &c, nor any of the feathered tribes, as pigeons, turtle doves, &c, which formed an essential part of the daily diet, is here included; and that even the three kinds of sacrificial quadrupeds only come within this restriction when they are qualified by age, which was within two years, and by physical condition, which demanded that it should have no external defect, as blindness of one eye, lameness of one foot, &c., to be offered first to the Lord. Moreover, the injunction was only intended to operate temporarily, whilst the Jews sojourned and wandered about in the wilderness, where, besides the propensity to sacrifice these animals to idols, they would have been in danger of extirpating their most useful animals. The law was repealed when the Israelites entered the promised land. (Comp. <a href="/context/deuteronomy/12-13.htm" title="Take heed to yourself that you offer not your burnt offerings in every place that you see:">Deuteronomy 12:13-15</a>.) . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/leviticus/17.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 7. - And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom they have gone a whoring. The word rightly translated devils means, literally, shaggy goats (see <a href="/2_chronicles/11-15.htm">2 Chronicles 11:15</a>; <a href="/isaiah/13-21.htm">Isaiah 13:21</a>; <a href="/isaiah/34-14.htm">Isaiah 34:14</a>; where the word occurs). It is generally supposed that the Israelites borrowed their worship of the goat-like spirits of the woods and fields from Egypt. That goat-worship prevailed there in a very foul shape we know (Herod., 2:42), but sacrifices in the open fields are rather a Persian habit (Herod., 1:132). Pan-worship, however, was common to most if not to all agricultural nations. The injunction which follows, This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations, which cannot be confined to the last few words or verses, shows that the command of verse 3 refers to sacrifices, not to ordinary slaughtering. Had slaughtering been meant, the statute could not have been intended to be more than temporary in its obligation. The importance attributed to the regulation is further shown by the declaration previously made, that whoever transgressed it should be cut off from among his people, or excommunicated. In fact, it makes an era in the history of the chosen people. The old patriarchal priesthood having ceased, and the Aaronic priesthood substituted for it, the tabernacle is appointed to serve as a religious centre to the race. Whenever, from this time onwards, sacrifices were offered, without offense, elsewhere than in the court of the tabernacle or temple, as by Samuel (see <a href="/1_samuel/13-8.htm">1 Samuel 13:8</a>), and by Elijah (<a href="/1_kings/18-32.htm">1 Kings 18:32</a>), it was done by the direct order or dispensation of God. <a href="/commentaries/leviticus/17-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>They must no וְלֹא־ (wə·lō-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no longer עוֹד֙ (‘ō·wḏ) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5750.htm">Strong's 5750: </a> Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more offer יִזְבְּח֥וּ (yiz·bə·ḥū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2076.htm">Strong's 2076: </a> To slaughter for sacrifice their sacrifices זִבְחֵיהֶ֔ם (ziḇ·ḥê·hem) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2077.htm">Strong's 2077: </a> A slaughter, the flesh of an animal, a sacrifice to the goat demons לַשְּׂעִירִ֕ם (laś·śə·‘î·rim) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8163.htm">Strong's 8163: </a> Shaggy, a he-goat, a faun to which אֲשֶׁ֛ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that they הֵ֥ם (hêm) Pronoun - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1992.htm">Strong's 1992: </a> They have prostituted זֹנִ֖ים (zō·nîm) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2181.htm">Strong's 2181: </a> To commit adultery, to commit idolatry themselves. אַחֲרֵיהֶ֑ם (’a·ḥă·rê·hem) Preposition | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_310.htm">Strong's 310: </a> The hind or following part This זֹּ֥את (zōṯ) Pronoun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2063.htm">Strong's 2063: </a> Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, will be תִּֽהְיֶה־ (tih·yeh-) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be a permanent עוֹלָ֛ם (‘ō·w·lām) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5769.htm">Strong's 5769: </a> Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always statute חֻקַּ֥ת (ḥuq·qaṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2708.htm">Strong's 2708: </a> Something prescribed, an enactment, statute for them לָהֶ֖ם (lā·hem) Preposition-l | Pronoun - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1992.htm">Strong's 1992: </a> They for the generations to come.’ לְדֹרֹתָֽם׃ (lə·ḏō·rō·ṯām) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1755.htm">Strong's 1755: </a> A revolution of time, an age, generation, a dwelling <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/17-7.htm">Leviticus 17:7 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/leviticus/17-7.htm">Leviticus 17:7 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/leviticus/17-7.htm">Leviticus 17:7 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/leviticus/17-7.htm">Leviticus 17:7 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/leviticus/17-7.htm">Leviticus 17:7 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/17-7.htm">Leviticus 17:7 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/17-7.htm">Leviticus 17:7 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/17-7.htm">Leviticus 17:7 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/17-7.htm">Leviticus 17:7 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/leviticus/17-7.htm">Leviticus 17:7 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/leviticus/17-7.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 17:7 They shall no more sacrifice their sacrifices (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/17-6.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 17:6"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 17:6" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/17-8.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 17:8"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 17:8" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>