Leviticus 8:16

16 And he took all the fat on the inside parts, and the fat on the liver, and the two kidneys with their fat, to be burned on the altar;

Leviticus 8:16 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 8:16

And he took all the fat that was upon the inwards
Called the "omentum":

and the caul [above] the liver;
the lobe upon the liver, as the Septuagint; or "the caul" and "the liver", so says Jarchi; the liver separately, for he took a little of the liver with it, the caul:

and the two kidneys, and their fat, and Moses burned [it] upon the
altar:
the fat of these several parts, which has been often observed was done; and in imitation of which, the same has been done by the Persians and their Magi, as related by Strabo ^F24 and others ^F25; and by the Romans, to which Persius ^F26 refers; and these several parts are generally covered with fat in fat creatures, and especially sheep, as Aristotle ^F1 observes.

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 Geograph. l. 15. p. 504.
F25 "Omentum in flamma pingue" Catullus.
F26 "Tot tibi cum in flammis" Satyr. 2.
F1 Hist. Animal. l. 3. c. 17.

Leviticus 8:16 In-Context

14 And he took the ox of the sin-offering: and Aaron and his sons put their hands on the head of the ox,

15 And he put it to death; and Moses took the blood and put it on the horns of the altar and round it with his finger, and made the altar clean, draining out the blood at the base of the altar; so he made it holy, taking away what was unclean.

16 And he took all the fat on the inside parts, and the fat on the liver, and the two kidneys with their fat, to be burned on the altar;

17 But the ox, with its skin and its flesh and its waste, was burned with fire outside the tent-circle, as the Lord gave orders to Moses.

18 And he put the male sheep of the burned offering before the Lord, and Aaron and his sons put their hands on its head,