Leviticus 7:3-13

3 The priest will then offer all its fat on the altar, including the fat of the broad tail, the fat around the internal organs,

4 the two kidneys and the fat around them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver. These are to be removed with the kidneys,

5 and the priests will burn them on the altar as a special gift presented to the LORD . This is the guilt offering.

6 Any male from a priest’s family may eat the meat. It must be eaten in a sacred place, for it is most holy.

7 “The same instructions apply to both the guilt offering and the sin offering. Both belong to the priest who uses them to purify someone, making that person right with the LORD .

8 In the case of the burnt offering, the priest may keep the hide of the sacrificed animal.

9 Any grain offering that has been baked in an oven, prepared in a pan, or cooked on a griddle belongs to the priest who presents it.

10 All other grain offerings, whether made of dry flour or flour moistened with olive oil, are to be shared equally among all the priests, the descendants of Aaron.

11 “These are the instructions regarding the different kinds of peace offerings that may be presented to the LORD .

12 If you present your peace offering as an expression of thanksgiving, the usual animal sacrifice must be accompanied by various kinds of bread made without yeast—thin cakes mixed with olive oil, wafers spread with oil, and cakes made of choice flour mixed with olive oil.

13 This peace offering of thanksgiving must also be accompanied by loaves of bread made with yeast.

Leviticus 7:3-13 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

• [a]. Or to make atonement.