Leviticus 7:1-9

1 "These are the instructions for the Compensation-Offering. It is most holy.

2 Slaughter the Compensation-Offering in the same place that the Whole-Burnt-Offering is slaughtered. Splash its blood against all sides of the Altar.

3 Offer up all the fat: the fat tail, the fat covering the entrails,

4 the two kidneys and the fat encasing them at the loins, and the lobe of the liver that is removed with the kidneys.

5 The priest burns them on the Altar as a gift to God. It is a Compensation-Offering.

6 Any male from among the priests' families may eat it. But it must be eaten in a holy place; it is most holy.

7 "The Compensation-Offering is the same as the Absolution-Offering - the same rules apply to both. The offering belongs to the priest who makes atonement with it.

8 The priest who presents a Whole-Burnt-Offering for someone gets the hide for himself.

9 Every Grain-Offering baked in an oven or prepared in a pan or on a griddle belongs to the priest who presents it. It's his.

Leviticus 7:1-9 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.