Leviticus 3:12-17

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.’ ”

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.

Cross References

• 1. S Leviticus 1:10; S Leviticus 4:3
• 2. S Exodus 24:6
• 3. Leviticus 1:5
• 4. Leviticus 7:4
• 5. S ver 5; Leviticus 7:31
• 6. S ver 11
• 7. S Leviticus 1:9
• 8. S Genesis 4:4
• 9. 1 Samuel 2:16
• 10. S Exodus 12:14; S Exodus 27:21
• 11. S Genesis 9:12; Leviticus 6:18; Leviticus 17:7
• 12. S Exodus 12:20
• 13. Genesis 9:4; Leviticus 7:25-26; Leviticus 17:10-16; Deuteronomy 12:16; Acts 15:20