Leviticus 8:20

20 When the ram had been cut in pieces, Moshe made the head, the pieces and the fat go up in smoke.

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 Next, the ram for the burnt offering was presented. Aharon and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram;

19 and after it had been slaughtered, Moshe splashed the blood on all sides of the altar.

20 When the ram had been cut in pieces, Moshe made the head, the pieces and the fat go up in smoke.

21 When the inner organs and the lower parts of the legs had been washed with water, Moshe made the entire ram go up in smoke on the altar; it was a burnt offering giving a fragrant aroma, an offering made by fire to ADONAI - as ADONAI had ordered Moshe.

22 Then the other ram was presented, the ram of consecration; Aharon and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram.