Leviticus 7:1

The Guilt Offering

1 “ ‘These are the regulations for the guilt offering, which is most holy:

Leviticus 7:1 in Other Translations

1 Likewise this is the law of the trespass offering: it is most holy.

1 “This is the law of the guilt offering. It is most holy.

1 “These are the instructions for the guilt offering. It is most holy.

1 "These are the instructions for the Compensation-Offering. It is most holy.

1 And this is the law of the trespass-offering: it is most holy.

1 [The LORD continued,] "These are the instructions for the guilt offering. It is very holy.

1 "Now this is the law of the restitution offering; it is especially holy.

1 " 'Here are some more rules for guilt offerings. The guilt offering is very holy.

Leviticus 7:1 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 7:1

Likewise this [is] the law of the trespass [offering]
Or the various rites and rules to be observed at the offering of it: the persons for whom it was to be made are described in the two preceding chapters, ( Leviticus 5:1-6:30 ) both such that sinned through ignorance, and knowingly, and here the place and parts of the offering, and how to be disposed of, are declared:

it [is] most holy;
wholly devoted for sacred use, either to the Lord, or to his priests; there were some things the Jews call light holy things, and others most holy in the highest degree, of this sort was the trespass offering.

Leviticus 7:1 In-Context

1 “ ‘These are the regulations for the guilt offering, which is most holy:

2 The guilt offering is to be slaughtered in the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered, and its blood is to be splashed against the sides of the altar.

3 All its fat shall be offered: the fat tail and the fat that covers the internal organs,

4 both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver, which is to be removed with the kidneys.

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

Cross References

• 1. S Leviticus 5:15; Ezekiel 40:39; Lev 5:14-6:7