Leviticus 7:4

4 It must include both kidneys with the fat on them next to the lower back muscles. It must also include the covering of the liver. Remove all of it together with the kidneys.

Leviticus 7:4 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 7:4

And the two kidneys, and the fat that [is] on them
Which are usually covered with fat:

which [is] by the flanks:
or rather that which is "upon" them ^F25; for this respects not the situation of the kidneys, nor the fat upon them, but the fat which is upon the flanks, as distinct from that, and where there are great collops of it, see ( Job 15:27 ) :

and the caul [that is] above the liver;
the lobe upon the liver, according to the Septuagint:

with the kidneys, it shall he take away;
all the fat before mentioned, together with the kidneys, were to be taken away from the ram of the trespass offering, and burnt, as follows.

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FOOTNOTES:

F25 (Mylokh le rva) "et qui est superiliis", Tigurine version.

Leviticus 7:4 In-Context

2 You must kill the animal for the guilt offering in the same place where you kill the animal for the burnt offering. Sprinkle its blood against every side of the altar.

3 " 'Offer all of its fat. It must include the fat tail and the fat that covers the inside parts.

4 It must include both kidneys with the fat on them next to the lower back muscles. It must also include the covering of the liver. Remove all of it together with the kidneys.

5 The priest must burn all of it on the altar. It is an offering that is made to the LORD with fire. It is a guilt offering.

6 " 'Any male in a priest's family can eat it. But he must eat it in a holy place. It is very holy.