Leviticus 3

The Fellowship Offering

1 “ ‘If your offering is a fellowship offering, and you offer an animal from the herd, whether male or female, you are to present before the LORD an animal without defect.
2 You are to lay your hand on the head of your offering and slaughter it at the entrance to the tent of meeting. Then Aaron’s sons the priests shall splash the blood against the sides of the altar.
3 From the fellowship offering you are to bring a food offering to the LORD: the internal organs and all the fat that is connected to them,
4 both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver, which you will remove with the kidneys.
5 Then Aaron’s sons are to burn it on the altar on top of the burnt offering that is lying on the burning wood; it is a food offering, an aroma pleasing to the LORD.
6 “ ‘If you offer an animal from the flock as a fellowship offering to the LORD, you are to offer a male or female without defect.
7 If you offer a lamb, you are to present it before the LORD,
8 lay your hand on its head and slaughter it in front of the tent of meeting. Then Aaron’s sons shall splash its blood against the sides of the altar.
9 From the fellowship offering you are to bring a food offering to the LORD: its fat, the entire fat tail cut off close to the backbone, the internal organs and all the fat that is connected to them,
10 both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver, which you will remove with the kidneys.
11 The priest shall burn them on the altar as a food offering presented to the LORD.
12 “ ‘If your offering is a goat, you are to present it before the LORD,
13 lay your hand on its head and slaughter it in front of the tent of meeting. Then Aaron’s sons shall splash its blood against the sides of the altar.
14 From what you offer you are to present this food offering to the LORD: the internal organs and all the fat that is connected to them,
15 both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver, which you will remove with the kidneys.
16 The priest shall burn them on the altar as a food offering, a pleasing aroma. All the fat is the LORD’s.
17 “ ‘This is a lasting ordinance for the generations to come, wherever you live: You must not eat any fat or any blood.’ ”

Cross References 37

  • 1. S ver 6; S Exodus 32:6; Leviticus 7:11-34; S Leviticus 17:5
  • 2. S Exodus 12:5; Leviticus 1:3; Leviticus 22:21
  • 3. S Exodus 29:15; Numbers 8:10; Exodus 29:10,15
  • 4. S Leviticus 1:5
  • 5. S Exodus 40:2
  • 6. S Exodus 24:6
  • 7. Leviticus 17:6; Numbers 18:17
  • 8. S Exodus 29:20
  • 9. S Exodus 29:13
  • 10. S Exodus 12:9
  • 11. ver 10; Exodus 29:13; Leviticus 4:9
  • 12. Leviticus 7:29-34
  • 13. ver 11,16
  • 14. Ex 29:13,38-42; Numbers 28:3-10
  • 15. S Leviticus 1:7
  • 16. S Leviticus 1:9
  • 17. S ver 1; Leviticus 22:21; Numbers 15:3,8
  • 18. Leviticus 17:3; Numbers 15:5; Numbers 28:5,7,8
  • 19. Leviticus 17:8-9; 1 Kings 8:62
  • 20. ver 2; S Leviticus 1:5
  • 21. Isaiah 34:6; Jeremiah 46:10; Ezekiel 39:19; Zephaniah 1:7
  • 22. S ver 5
  • 23. ver 16; Leviticus 21:6,17; Numbers 28:2
  • 24. Leviticus 9:18
  • 25. S Leviticus 1:10; S Leviticus 4:3
  • 26. S Exodus 24:6
  • 27. Leviticus 1:5
  • 28. Leviticus 7:4
  • 29. S ver 5; Leviticus 7:31
  • 30. S ver 11
  • 31. S Leviticus 1:9
  • 32. S Genesis 4:4
  • 33. 1 Samuel 2:16
  • 34. S Exodus 12:14; S Exodus 27:21
  • 35. S Genesis 9:12; Leviticus 6:18; Leviticus 17:7
  • 36. S Exodus 12:20
  • 37. Genesis 9:4; Leviticus 7:25-26; Leviticus 17:10-16; Deuteronomy 12:16; Acts 15:20

Leviticus 3 Commentaries

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