Leviticus 7:1-10

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.

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