Leviticus 3:12-17

12 If the offering is a goat, you must present it before the LORD.
13 You must press your hand on its head and slaughter it before the meeting tent. Aaron's sons will toss its blood against every side of the altar.
14 Then you may present as your offering—a food gift for the LORD—the fat that covers and surrounds the insides;
15 the two kidneys and the fat around them at the loins; and the lobe on the liver, which should be removed with the kidneys.
16 The priest will then completely burn all of this on the altar as food—as a food gift for a soothing smell. All fat belongs to the LORD.
17 This is a permanent rule for your future generations, wherever you live: you must not eat any fat or blood.

Leviticus 3:12-17 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO LEVITICUS 3

This chapter contains the law of the peace offerings, and gives an account what they consisted of, and of the various rites and ceremonies used at them, as of the bullock and the rites appertaining to that, Le 3:1-5 and of the lamb, and of the rites peculiar to it, Le 3:6-11 and of the goat, and of the rites belonging to it, Le 3:12-16 and the chapter is concluded with a law forbidding the eating of fat and blood throughout their dwellings for ever, Le 3:17.

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