Leviticus 4:31
But taking off all the fat, as is wont to be taken away of the victims of peace offerings, he shall burn it upon the altar, for a sweet savour to the Lord: and he shall pray for him, and it shall be forgiven him.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
32But if he offer of the flock a victim for his sin, to wit, an ewe without blemish:
Cross References
Genesis 8:21And the Lord smelled a sweet savour, and said: I will no more curse the earth for the sake of man: for the imagination and thought of man's heart are prone to evil from his youth: therefore I will no more destroy every living soul as I have done.
Leviticus 1:9The entrails and feet being washed with water: and the priest shall burn them upon the altar for a holocaust, and a sweet savour to the Lord.
Leviticus 1:17And he shall break the pinions thereof, and shall not cut, nor divide it with a knife, and shall burn it upon the altar, putting fire under the wood. It is a holocaust and oblation of most sweet savour to the Lord.
Leviticus 3:9And they shall offer of the victim of peace offerings a sacrifice to the Lord: the fat and the whole rump,
Leviticus 3:15The two little kidneys with the caul that is upon them which is by the flanks, and the fat of the liver with the little kidneys:
Leviticus 4:19And all the fat thereof he shall take off, and shall burn it upon the altar:
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 4:28-35
27 And if any one of the common people sin through ignorance, while he doeth somewhat against any of the commandments of the Lord concerning things which ought not to be done, and be guilty; 28 Or if his sin, which he hath sinned, come to his knowledge: then he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a female without blemish, for his sin which he hath sinned. 29 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay the sin offering in the place of the burnt offering. 30 And the priest shall… Read the whole commentary →