Leviticus 8:20

20 And when the ram was cut into pieces, Moses burned the head and the pieces and the fat.

Leviticus 8:20 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 8:20

And he cut the ram into pieces
Cut off its head and quartered it:

and Moses burnt the head, and the pieces, and the fat;
even all of it, as the following verse shows.

Leviticus 8:20 In-Context

18 Then he presented the ram of the burnt offering; and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram.
19 And Moses killed it, and threw the blood upon the altar round about.
20 And when the ram was cut into pieces, Moses burned the head and the pieces and the fat.
21 And when the entrails and the legs were washed with water, Moses burned the whole ram on the altar, as a burnt offering, a pleasing odor, an offering by fire to the LORD, as the LORD commanded Moses.
22 Then he presented the other ram, the ram of ordination; and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram.
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