Leviticus 7:1-10

The Restitution Offering

1 "Now this is the law of the restitution offering;[a] it is especially holy.
2 The restitution offering must be slaughtered at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered,[b] and the priest is to sprinkle its blood on all sides of the altar.
3 The offerer must present all the fat from it: the fat tail,[c] the fat surrounding the entrails,[d]
4 and the two kidneys with the fat on them at the loins; he will also remove the fatty lobe of the liver with the kidneys.[e]
5 The priest will burn them on the altar as a fire offering to the Lord; it is a restitution offering.
6 Any male among the priests may eat it. It is to be eaten in a holy place; it is especially holy.[f]
7 "The restitution offering is like the sin offering; the law is the same for both. It belongs to the priest who makes atonement with it.[g]
8 As for the priest who presents someone's burnt offering, the hide of the burnt offering he has presented belongs to him; it is the priest's.
9 Any grain offering that is baked in an oven, or prepared in a pan or on a griddle,[h] belongs to the priest who presents it; it is his.
10 But any grain offering, whether dry or mixed with oil, belongs equally[i] to all of Aaron's sons.[j]

Leviticus 7:1-10 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO LEVITICUS 7

The several things contained in this chapter are the law of the trespass offering, Le 7:1-7 the portion the priests had in the burnt offerings and meat offerings, Le 7:8-10 the law of the peace offerings, whether by way of thanksgiving, or a vow, or voluntary oblation, Le 7:11-21 the prohibition of fat and blood, Le 7:22-27 the parts the priests should have in the peace offerings, the breast and right shoulder, Le 7:28-36 and the chapter is concluded with a recapitulation of the various things contained in this and the preceding chapters, Le 7:37,38.

Footnotes 10

  • [a]. Lv 5:14-6:7; Isa 53:10
  • [b]. Lv 1:11
  • [c]. Lv 3:9; 8:25; 9:19; Ex 29:22
  • [d]. LXX, Sam add and all the fat that is on the entrails; Lv 3:3,9,14; 4:8
  • [e]. Lv 3:3-4,9-10,14-15
  • [f]. Lv 7:1; Ezk 42:13; 44:12-13
  • [g]. Lv 4:1-5:13
  • [h]. Lv 2:4-10
  • [i]. Lit oil, will be a man like his brother
  • [j]. 1 Co 9:13-14
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