Leviticus 3:9-17

9 'From the 1sacrifice of peace offerings he shall bring as an offering by fire to the LORD, its fat, the entire fat tail which he shall remove close to the backbone, and the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails,
10 and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, which is on the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which he shall remove 2with the kidneys.
11 'Then the priest shall offer it up in smoke 3on the altar as 4food, an offering by fire to the LORD.
12 'Moreover, if his offering is 5a goat, then he shall offer it before the LORD,
13 and he shall lay his hand on its head and slay it before the tent of meeting, and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle its blood around on the altar.
14 'From it he shall present his offering as an offering by fire to the LORD, the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails,
15 and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, which is on the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which he shall remove 6with the kidneys.
16 'The priest shall offer them up in smoke on the altar as food, an offering by fire for a soothing aroma; 7all fat is the LORD'S.
17 'It is a 8perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings: you shall not eat any fat 9or any blood.' "

Leviticus 3:9-17 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.

Cross References 9

  • 1. Leviticus 17:5; Numbers 7:88; 1 Samuel 10:8; 2 Samuel 6:17; 1 Kings 3:15; 1 Kings 8:63, 64; 1 Chronicles 16:1
  • 2. Leviticus 3:4, 15
  • 3. Leviticus 3:5
  • 4. Leviticus 3:16; Leviticus 21:6, 8, 17, 22
  • 5. Numbers 15:6-11
  • 6. Leviticus 3:4; Leviticus 7:4
  • 7. Leviticus 7:23-25
  • 8. Leviticus 6:18, 22; Leviticus 7:34, 36; Leviticus 10:9, 15; Leviticus 16:29; Leviticus 17:7; Leviticus 23:14, 21; Leviticus 24:3
  • 9. Leviticus 7:26; Leviticus 17:10-16

Footnotes 3

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