Leviticus 7:1-6

1 “These are the instructions for the guilt offering. It is most holy.

2 The animal sacrificed as a guilt offering must be slaughtered at the place where the burnt offerings are slaughtered, and its blood must be splattered against all sides of the altar.

3 The priest will then offer all its fat on the altar, including the fat of the broad tail, the fat around the internal organs,

4 the two kidneys and the fat around them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver. These are to be removed with the kidneys,

5 and the priests will burn them on the altar as a special gift presented to the LORD . This is the guilt offering.

6 Any male from a priest’s family may eat the meat. It must be eaten in a sacred place, for it 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.