Leviticus 7:1-11

1 ¹"This is the law of the ²guilt offering. ³It is most holy.

2 ⁴In the place where they kill the burnt offering they shall kill the guilt offering, and its blood shall be thrown against the sides of the altar.

3 And ⁵all its fat shall be offered, the fat tail, the fat that covers the entrails,

4 the two kidneys with the fat that is on them at the loins, and the long lobe of the liver that he shall remove ⁶with the kidneys.

5 The priest shall burn them on the altar as a food offering to the LORD; it is a guilt offering.

6 ⁷Every male among the priests may eat of it. It shall be eaten in a holy place. ⁸It is most holy.

7 The ⁹guilt offering is just like the sin offering; there is one law for them. The priest who makes atonement with it shall have it.

8 And the priest who offers any man's burnt offering shall have for himself the skin of the burnt offering that he has offered.

9 And ¹⁰every grain offering baked ¹¹in the oven and all that is prepared ¹²on a pan or a griddle shall belong to the priest who offers it.

10 And every grain offering, mixed with oil or dry, shall be shared equally among all the sons of Aaron.

11 "And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings that one may offer to the LORD.

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.

Cross References

• 1. See Leviticus 5:1 - 6:7
• 2. ver. 37
• 3. Leviticus 6:17, 25
• 4. Leviticus 6:25
• 5. Leviticus 3:3, 4, 9, 10, 14-16; Leviticus 4:8, 9; Exodus 29:13, 22
• 6. Leviticus 3:4
• 7. Leviticus 6:18, 29
• 8. ver. 1
• 9. Leviticus 6:25, 26; Leviticus 14:13
• 10. Leviticus 2:3, 10; Numbers 18:9; Ezekiel 44:29
• 11. Leviticus 2:7
• 12. Leviticus 2:5; Leviticus 6:21