Leviticus 7:1-11

1 "'This is the law for the guilt offering: it is especially holy.
2 They are to slaughter the guilt offering in the place where they slaughter the burnt offering, and its blood is to be splashed against all sides of the altar.
3 He is to offer all its fat - the fat tail, the fat covering the inner organs,
4 the two kidneys, the fat on them near the flanks, and the covering of the liver, which he will remove with the kidneys.
5 The cohen will make them go up in smoke on the altar as an offering made by fire to ADONAI ; it is a guilt offering.
6 Every male from a family of cohanim may eat it; it is to be eaten in a holy place; it is especially holy.
7 The guilt offering is like the sin offering; the same law governs them - it will belong to the cohen who uses it to make atonement.
8 "'The cohen who offers someone's burnt offering will possess the hide of the burnt offering which he has offered.
9 "'Every grain offering baked in the oven, cooked in a pot or fried on a griddle will belong to the cohen who offers it.
10 But every grain offering which is mixed with olive oil or is dry will belong to all the sons of Aharon equally.
11 "'This is the law for sacrificing peace offerings offered to ADONAI:

Leviticus 7:1-11 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.

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