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Leviticus 7:5

Listen to Leviticus 7:5
5 The priest shall burn them on the altar as a food offering presented to the LORD. It is a guilt offering.

Leviticus 7:5 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
5 And the priest shall burn them upon the altar for an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a trespass offering.
English Standard Version (ESV)
5 The priest shall burn them on the altar as a food offering to the Lord; it is a guilt offering.
New Living Translation (NLT)
5 and the priests will burn them on the altar as a special gift presented to the LORD . This is the guilt offering.
The Message Bible (MSG)
5 The priest burns them on the Altar as a gift to God. It is a Compensation-Offering.
American Standard Version (ASV)
5 and the priest shall burn them upon the altar for an offering made by fire unto Jehovah: it is a trespass-offering.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
5 The priest will burn them on the altar. It is a guilt offering by fire to the LORD.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
5 The priest will burn them on the altar as a fire offering to the Lord; it is a restitution offering.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
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.

Leviticus 7:5 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 7:5

And the priest shall burn them upon the altar
Fat taken off of the several parts before mentioned, and the kidneys: which were to be

[for] an offering made by fire unto the Lord;
and was acceptable to him, being typical of the offering of Christ, which is a sweet smelling savour, bearing the fire of divine wrath in the room and stead of his people:

it [is] the trespass [offering];
an offering for a trespass committed, to make atonement for it; and this part of it, the burning of the fat, was properly the offering to the Lord, all the rest were the priest's, as follows.

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Leviticus 7:5 In-Context

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.
6 Any male in a priest’s family may eat it, but it must be eaten in the sanctuary area; it is most holy.
7 “ ‘The same law applies to both the sin offering and the guilt offering: They belong to the priest who makes atonement with them.

Cross References 1

  • 1. S Exodus 29:13
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