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Leviticus 7:3
3All its fat shall be offered: the fat tail and the fat that covers 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,
- 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,
- New Living Translation (NLT)The priest will then offer all its fat on the altar, including the fat of the broad tail, the fat around the internal organs,
Context of Leviticus 7:3
1“ ‘These are the regulations for the guilt offering, which is most holy: 2The guilt offering is to be slaughtered in the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered, and its blood is to be splashed against the sides of the altar. All its fat shall be offered: the fat tail and the fat that covers the internal organs, 4both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver, which is to be removed with the kidneys. 5The priest shall burn them on the altar as a food offering presented to the Lord. It is a guilt offering.
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 the fellowship offering you are to bring a food offering to the Lord: the internal organs and all the fat that is connected to them,
- Leviticus 4:8He shall remove all the fat from the bull of the sin offering—all the fat that is connected to the internal organs,
- Exodus 29:13Then take all the fat on the internal organs, the long lobe of the liver, and both kidneys with the fat on them, and burn them on the altar.
- Psalms 51:6Yet you desired faithfulness even in the womb; you taught me wisdom in that secret place.
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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