Leviticus 17:6

6 And the priest shall pour the blood on the altar round about before the Lord by the doors of the tabernacle of witness, and shall offer the fat for a sweet-smelling savour to the Lord.

Leviticus 17:6 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 17:6

And the priest shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar of the
Lord
The altar of burnt: offering, ( Leviticus 1:5 ) ;

[at] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation;
near to which it stood, see ( Leviticus 1:5 ) ;

and burn the fat for a sweet savour to the Lord;
the fat that covered the inwards, the kidneys, the flanks and caul of the liver; see ( Leviticus 3:3 Leviticus 3:4 Leviticus 3:9 Leviticus 3:10 Leviticus 3:14-17 ) .

Leviticus 17:6 In-Context

4 and shall not bring it to the door of the tabernacle of witness, so as to sacrifice it for a whole-burnt-offering or peace-offering to the Lord to be acceptable for a sweet-smelling savour: and whosoever shall slay it without, and shall not bring it to the door of the tabernacle of witness, so as to offer it as a gift to the Lord before the tabernacle of the Lord; blood shall be imputed to that man, he has shed blood; that soul shall be cut off from his people.

5 That the children of Israel may offer their sacrifices, all that they shall slay in the fields, and bring them to the Lord unto the doors of the tabernacle of witness to the priest, and they shall sacrifice them as a peace-offering to the Lord.

6 And the priest shall pour the blood on the altar round about before the Lord by the doors of the tabernacle of witness, and shall offer the fat for a sweet-smelling savour to the Lord.

7 And they shall no longer offer their sacrifices to vain after which they go a whoring; it shall be a perpetual statute to you for your generations.

8 And thou shalt say to them, Whatever man of the children of Israel, or of the sons of the proselytes abiding among you, shall offer a whole-burnt-offering or a sacrifice,