Lévitique 3:16

16 Le sacrificateur brûlera cela sur l'autel. Toute la graisse est l'aliment d'un sacrifice consumé par le feu, d'une agréable odeur à l'Eternel.

Lévitique 3:16 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 3:16

And the priest shall burn them upon the altar
Which shows that not the fat only, but the inwards and the kidneys, were burnt also; so Maimonides says ^F12, that the priest salted the parts, and burned them upon the altar; and the priests might not have the breast and shoulder (which were what belonged to them) until the parts were burnt:

[it is] the food of the offering made by fire;
which the Lord ate of, or accepted of:

for a sweet savour;
as a type of the sweet smelling sacrifice of Christ, with which he is well pleased;

all the fat is the Lord's;
that is, all that was upon the parts mentioned in the several sacrifices of peace offerings, which was to be taken off and burnt: though the Jewish writers understand it of all fat in general, and so interpret the law that follows.

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 Ut supra, (Maaseh Hakorbanot) c. 9. sect. 11.

Lévitique 3:16 In-Context

14 De la victime, il offrira en sacrifice consumé par le feu devant l'Eternel: la graisse qui couvre les entrailles et toute celle qui y est attachée,

15 les deux rognons, et la graisse qui les entoure, qui couvre les flancs, et le grand lobe du foie, qu'il détachera près des rognons.

16 Le sacrificateur brûlera cela sur l'autel. Toute la graisse est l'aliment d'un sacrifice consumé par le feu, d'une agréable odeur à l'Eternel.

17 C'est ici une loi perpétuelle pour vos descendants, dans tous les lieux où vous habiterez: vous ne mangerez ni graisse ni sang.