Leviticus 17:12 Commentary - Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
(12) Therefore I said . . . —Because it is the vehicle of life, and has been ordained by God to atone for life, the children of Israel are here forbidden to eat it. The strangers are also prohibited eating blood, because they have submitted to the law of the land, and because their eating it would not only infringe the law which they have voluntarily adopted, but would lessen the horror with which such indulgence was regarded by the Jews. Hence the enforcement of this prohibition by the Apostle (Act. 15:20; Act. 15:29; Act. 21:25).
Consult other comments:
Leviticus 17:12 - Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Leviticus 17:12 - Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Leviticus 17:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible
Leviticus 17:12 - John Trapp's Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Leviticus 17:12 - The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Leviticus 17:12 - Whedon's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)

Charles John Ellicott (1819 - 1905) was a distinguished English Christian theologian, academic and churchman. He briefly served as Dean of Exeter, then Bishop of the united see of Gloucester and Bristol.
His works include:
- An Old Testament Commentary for English Readers, 1897. (Editor)
- A New Testament Commentary for English Readers, 1878.