Leviticus 8:20

20 And cutting the ram into pieces, the head thereof, and the joints, and the fat he burnt in the fire.

Leviticus 8:20 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 8:20

And he cut the ram into pieces
Cut off its head and quartered it:

and Moses burnt the head, and the pieces, and the fat;
even all of it, as the following verse shows.

Leviticus 8:20 In-Context

18 He offered also a ram for holocaust. And when Aaron and his sons had put their hands upon its head:
19 He immolated it, and poured the blood thereof round about the altar.
20 And cutting the ram into pieces, the head thereof, and the joints, and the fat he burnt in the fire.
21 Having first washed the entrails, and the feet, and the whole ram together he burnt upon the altar: because it was a holocaust of most sweet odour to the Lord, as he had commanded him.
22 He offered also the second ram, in the consecration of priests: and Aaron, and his sons put their hands upon the head thereof.
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