Leviticus 7:1-6

1 ¹"This is the law of the ²guilt offering. ³It is most holy.

2 ⁴In the place where they kill the burnt offering they shall kill the guilt offering, and its blood shall be thrown against the sides of the altar.

3 And ⁵all its fat shall be offered, the fat tail, the fat that covers the entrails,

4 the two kidneys with the fat that is on them at the loins, and the long lobe of the liver that he shall remove ⁶with the kidneys.

5 The priest shall burn them on the altar as a food offering to the LORD; it is a guilt offering.

6 ⁷Every male among the priests may eat of it. It shall be eaten in a holy place. ⁸It is most holy.

Leviticus 7:1-6 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. See Leviticus 5:1 - 6:7
• 2. ver. 37
• 3. Leviticus 6:17, 25
• 4. Leviticus 6:25
• 5. Leviticus 3:3, 4, 9, 10, 14-16; Leviticus 4:8, 9; Exodus 29:13, 22
• 6. Leviticus 3:4
• 7. Leviticus 6:18, 29
• 8. ver. 1