Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water.
The regulation of the firstlings belongs to the rules that limited the sacrificial meat coming to the priests to young animals without blemish. Within that regulation eating the blood is forbidden, and the blood is to be poured out upon the ground as water.
The blood thus emptied onto the soil typified the blood of Christ poured out to redeem the land from sin. The earth was brought under a curse through man's sin and can have no expiation except by blood. Sinful man has no power to supply that blood, so that only One of the human family has the right to redeem. The sin offerings appointed for priest, for ruler, for congregation, and for common people taught this redemption of the earth from the curse, since in each the blood was always poured out at the base of the altar of burnt offering.
The regulation of the firstlings belongs to the rules that limited the sacrificial meat coming to the priests to young animals without blemish. Within that regulation eating the blood is forbidden, and the blood is to be poured out upon the ground as water.
The blood thus emptied onto the soil typified the blood of Christ poured out to redeem the land from sin. The earth was brought under a curse through man's sin and can have no expiation except by blood. Sinful man has no power to supply that blood, so that only One of the human family has the right to redeem. The sin offerings appointed for priest, for ruler, for congregation, and for common people taught this redemption of the earth from the curse, since in each the blood was always poured out at the base of the altar of burnt offering.