Leviticus 3

Offerings of Well-Being

1 # Lev 7.11, 19; 22.21 “If the offering is a sacrifice of well-being, if you offer an animal from the herd, whether male or female, you shall offer one without blemish before the Lord. 2#Ex 29.11, 16, 20; Lev 1.4You shall lay your hand on the head of the offering and slaughter it at the entrance of the tent of meeting, and Aaron’s sons the priests shall dash the blood against all sides of the altar. 3#Ex 29.13, 22You shall offer from the sacrifice of well-being, as an offering by fire#3.3 Or a gift to the Lord, the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is around the entrails, 4the two kidneys with the fat that is on them at the loins, and the appendage of the liver, which he shall remove with the kidneys. 5#Ex 29.13; Lev 7.28–34Then Aaron’s sons shall turn these into smoke on the altar, with the burnt offering that is on the wood on the fire, as an offering by fire#3.5 Or a gift of pleasing odor to the Lord.

6 # v 1 “If your offering for a sacrifice of well-being to the Lord is from the flock, male or female, you shall offer one without blemish. 7#Lev 17.8, 9If you present a sheep as your offering, you shall bring it before the Lord 8#v 2; Lev 1.4, 5and lay your hand on the head of the offering. It shall be slaughtered before the tent of meeting, and Aaron’s sons shall dash its blood against all sides of the altar. 9You shall present its fat from the sacrifice of well-being, as an offering by fire#3.9 Or a gift to the Lord: the whole fatty tail, which shall be removed close to the backbone, the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is around the entrails, 10#v 4the two kidneys with the fat that is on them at the loins, and the appendage of the liver, which you shall remove with the kidneys. 11#vv 5, 16; Lev 21.6, 8, 17Then the priest shall turn these into smoke on the altar as a food offering by fire#3.11 Or a food gift to the Lord.

12“If your offering is a goat, you shall bring it before the Lord 13and lay your hand on its head; it shall be slaughtered before the tent of meeting, and the sons of Aaron shall dash its blood against all sides of the altar. 14You shall present as your offering from it, as an offering by fire#3.14 Or a gift to the Lord, the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is around the entrails, 15the two kidneys with the fat that is on them at the loins, and the appendage of the liver, which you shall remove with the kidneys. 16#Lev 7.23–25Then the priest shall turn these into smoke on the altar as a food offering by fire#3.16 Or a food gift for a pleasing odor.

“All fat is the Lord’s. 17#Gen 9.4; Lev 17.10, 14; Deut 12.16It shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations, in all your settlements: you must not eat any fat or any blood.”

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