Leviticus 7:1-7

The Priest's Part in the Offerings

1 'Now this is the law of the ¹guilt offering; it is most holy.

2 'In ²the place where they slay the burnt offering they are to slay the guilt offering, and he shall sprinkle its blood around on the altar.

3 'Then he shall offer from it all its fat: the ³fat tail and the fat that covers the entrails,

4 and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, which is on the loins, and the lobe on the liver he shall remove ⁴with the kidneys.

5 'The priest shall offer them up in smoke on the altar as an offering by fire to the LORD; it is a guilt offering.

6 '⁵Every male among the priests may eat of it. It shall be eaten in a holy place; it is most holy.

7 'The guilt offering is like the ⁶sin offering, there is one law for them; the ⁷priest who makes atonement with it shall have it.

Leviticus 7:1-7 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. Lev 5:14-6:7
• 2. Leviticus 1:11
• 3. Leviticus 3:9
• 4. Leviticus 3:4
• 5. Leviticus 6:18, 29; Numbers 18:9
• 6. Lev 6:25, 26, 30
• 7. 1 Corinthians 9:13; 1 Corinthians 10:18

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "it shall be for him"