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Leviticus 3:11
11The priest shall burn them on the altar as a food offering presented to the Lord.
Leviticus 3:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the priest shall burn it upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire unto the Lord.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And the priest shall burn it on the altar as a food offering to the Lord.
- New King James Version (NKJV)and the priest shall burn them on the altar as food, an offering made by fire to the Lord.
- New Living Translation (NLT)and the priest will burn them on the altar. It is a special gift of food presented to the Lord.
Context of Leviticus 3:11
9From the fellowship offering you are to bring a food offering to the Lord: its fat, the entire fat tail cut off close to the backbone, the internal organs and all the fat that is connected to them, 10both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver, which you will remove with the kidneys. The priest shall burn them on the altar as a food offering presented to the Lord. 12“ ‘If your offering is a goat, you are to present it before the Lord, 13lay your hand on its head and slaughter it in front of the tent of meeting. Then Aaron’s sons shall splash its blood against the sides of the altar.
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וְהִקְטִיר֥וֹ הַכֹּהֵ֖ן הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חָה לֶ֥חֶם אִשֶּׁ֖ה לַיהוָֽה׃ פRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Leviticus 3:11
- Leviticus 3:5Then Aaron’s sons are to burn it on the altar on top of the burnt offering that is lying on the burning wood; it is a food offering, an aroma pleasing to the Lord.
- Psalms 22:14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart has turned to wax; it has melted within me.
- Isaiah 53:4Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted.
- Romans 8:32He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?
- Leviticus 3:16The priest shall burn them on the altar as a food offering, a pleasing aroma. All the fat is the Lord’s.
- Leviticus 21:6They must be holy to their God and must not profane the name of their God. Because they present the food offerings to the Lord, the food of their God, they are to be holy.
- Leviticus 22:25and you must not accept such animals from the hand of a foreigner and offer them as the food of your God. They will not be accepted on your behalf, because they are deformed and have defects.’ ”
- Numbers 28:2“Give this command to the Israelites and say to them: ‘Make sure that you present to me at the appointed time my food offerings, as an aroma pleasing to me.’
- Ezekiel 44:7In addition to all your other detestable practices, you brought foreigners uncircumcised in heart and flesh into my sanctuary, desecrating my temple while you offered me food, fat and blood, and you broke my covenant.
- Malachi 1:7“By offering defiled food on my altar. “But you ask, ‘How have we defiled you?’ “By saying that the Lord’s table is contemptible.
- 1 Corinthians 10:21You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot have a part in both the Lord’s table and the table of demons.
- Revelation 3:20Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.
Commentaries on Leviticus 3:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11It is the food of the offering - We have already remarked that God is frequently represented as feasting with his people on the sacrifices they offered; and because these sacrifices were consumed by that fire which was kindled from heaven, therefore they were considered as the food of that fire, or rather of the Divine Being who was represented by it. "In the same idiom of speech," says Dodd, "the gods of the heathens are said, Deuteronomy 32:38, to eat…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Burn it - See Leviticus 1:9 note.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-17Verses 6-17 Here is a law that they should eat neither fat nor blood. As for the fat, it means the fat of the inwards, the suet. The blood was forbidden for the same reason; because it was God's part of every sacrifice. God would not permit the blood that made atonement to be used as a common thing, He 10:29; nor will he allow us, though we have the comfort of the atonement made, to claim for ourselves any share in the honour of making it. This taught the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11an offering made by fire: See study note on Leviticus 1:9. The Scripture calls offerings of food “the food of … God” (Leviticus 21:6, 8, 17, 21, 22; Numbers 28:2). Yet, Scripture clearly states that the Lord did not eat the offerings, unlike pagan beliefs about their gods (Psalm 50:9–13). Instead, these offerings belonged to God, and the priest ate a portion as God’s representative (Leviticus 21:21–22). These offerings provided for the priest and his…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-114-11. the two kidneys ... of the flock ... the whole rump--There is, in Eastern countries, a species of sheep the tails of which are not less than four feet and a half in length. These tails are of a substance between fat and marrow. A sheep of this kind weighs sixty or seventy English pounds weight, of which the tail usually weighs fifteen pounds and upwards. This species is by far the most numerous in Arabia, Syria, and Palestine, and, forming probably…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Leviticus 3
- 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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