God’s Word Translation
Leviticus 7:3
3He will offer all the fat, the fat from the tail, the fat covering the internal organs,
Leviticus 7:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And he shall offer of it all the fat thereof; the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards,
- New International Version (NIV)All its fat shall be offered: the fat tail and the fat that covers the internal organs,
- English Standard Version (ESV)And all its fat shall be offered, the fat tail, the fat that covers the entrails,
- New King James Version (NKJV)And he shall offer from it all its fat. The fat tail and the fat that covers the entrails,
Context of Leviticus 7:3
1⌞The Lord continued,⌟ “These are the instructions for the guilt offering. It is very holy. 2It must be slaughtered in the same place where the burnt offering is slaughtered. ⌞A priest⌟ will throw the blood against the altar on all sides. He will offer all the fat, the fat from the tail, the fat covering the internal organs, 4and the two kidneys with the fat on them. He will also remove the lobe of the liver along with the kidneys. 5The priest will burn them on the altar. It is a guilt offering by fire to the Lord.
Read all of Leviticus 7Leviticus 7:3 word by word
וְאֵ֥ת כָּל־חֶלְבּ֖וֹ יַקְרִ֣יב מִמֶּ֑נּוּ אֵ֚ת הָֽאַלְיָ֔ה וְאֶת־הַחֵ֖לֶב הַֽמְכַסֶּ֥ה אֶת־הַקֶּֽרֶב׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Leviticus 7:3
- Leviticus 3:3From your offering remove the fat that covers the internal organs
- Leviticus 4:8He will remove all of the fat from the bull that is the offering for sin, the fat that covers the internal organs,
- Exodus 29:13“Then take all the fat that covers the internal organs, the lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys with the fat on them, and burn them on the altar.
- Psalms 51:6Yet, you desire truth and sincerity. Deep down inside me you teach me wisdom.
Commentaries on Leviticus 7:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3The rump - See Clarke's note on Leviticus 3:9, where the principal subjects in this chapter are explained, being nearly the same in both.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-7Verses 1-7 See Leviticus 5:14 note. In Leviticus 7:2 “sprinkle” should rather be cast Leviticus 1:5. All the details regarding the parts put on the altar are repeated for each kind of sacrifice, because the matter was one of paramount importance.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-4The guilt offering required sacrificing a ram (Leviticus 5:18). the fat … fat tail … organs: They burned these parts of the guilt offering, just like in the peace offering (3:3–4, 9–10, 14–15) and the sin offering (4:8–9, 26, 31, 35).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-271. Likewise this is the law of the trespass offering--This chapter is a continuation of the laws that were to regulate the duty of the priests respecting the trespass offerings. The same regulations obtained in this case as in the burnt offerings--part was to be consumed on the altar, while the other part was a perquisite of the priests--some fell exclusively to the officiating minister, and was the fee for his services; others were the common share of…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Leviticus 7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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