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Leviticus 7:3

All their fat, the fat tails that are cut close to the backbone, and all the fat that covers the inner parts of the animals or which is attached to them, must be burned on the altar.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And he shall offer of it all the fat thereof; the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards,

In Context

2Each animal that is to be offered by such people must be slaughtered in the same place where the animals that will be completely burned on the altar are slaughtered, and their blood must be sprinkled against all sides of the altar.

4That includes the kidneys with their fat near the lower back muscle, and the protruding lobe that is attached to the liver.

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Cross References

Exodus 29:13Take all the fat that covers the inner organs of the young bull, the best part of the liver, and the two kidneys with the fat on them, and burn all these on the altar as an offering to me.

Leviticus 3:9You must dedicate these things to be a sacrifice to Yahweh that is burned: Its fat, the fat tail that you must cut off close to the backbone, and all the fat that covers the inner parts of the lamb or which is attached to them—

Leviticus 4:8From that offering the Supreme Priest must separate these things from the bull that is to be burned: The fat that covers the inner parts of the bull or which is attached to them—

Psalms 51:6What you desire is that I desire what is true in order that you can teach me how to act wisely.

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 7:2-11

Law of the Trespass-Offering. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 Likewise this is the law of the trespass offering: it is most holy. 2 In the place where they kill the burnt offering shall they kill the trespass offering: and the blood thereof shall he sprinkle round about upon the altar. 3 And he shall offer of it all the fat thereof; the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards, 4 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the caul that is above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take… Read the whole commentary →

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