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Leviticus 3
17 verses with commentary
The Peace Offering
And if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offer it of the herd; whether it be a male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the LORD.
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<strong>And if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offer it of the herd; whether it be a male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the LORD.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Peace Offerings</strong>. The peace offering (שְׁלָמִים, shelamim) celebrated fellowship with God and community, with portions shared between God, priests, and wors...
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III.
(1) **A sacrifice of peace offering.**—The peace offering of which this chapter treats, consisted of two kinds, the peace offering from the herd (Leviticus 3:1-5), and the peace offering from the flock (Leviticus 3:6-15). As in the case of the burnt offering (Leviticus 1:3), the ox is mentioned first, because it is most costly and more important.
**Whether it be a male.**—Whilst in the case o...
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Chapter 3
Chapter Outline
The peace-offering of the herd.
(1-5)
The peace-offering of the flock.
(6-17)
**Verses 1-5**
The peace-offerings had regard to God as the giver of all good things. These were divided between the altar, the priest, and the owner. They were called peace-offering, because in them God and his people did, as it were, feast together, in token of friend...
Read full commentary →And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron's sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.
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<strong>And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron's sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Peace Offerings</strong>. The peace offering (שְׁלָמִים, shelamim) celebrated fellowship with God and community, with portions ...
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(2) **And he shall lay his hand.**—Unlike the laying of hands on the burnt offering, there was no confession of sin here, but the utterance of words of praise to God, and this might be done in any place of the court-yard which was most convenient for the offerer to kill the sacrifice.
**At the door of the tabernacle.**—Better, *at the entrance of the tent of meeting. *(See Leviticus 1:3.)
**Aaron’...
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Chapter 3
Chapter Outline
The peace-offering of the herd.
(1-5)
The peace-offering of the flock.
(6-17)
**Verses 1-5**
The peace-offerings had regard to God as the giver of all good things. These were divided between the altar, the priest, and the owner. They were called peace-offering, because in them God and his people did, as it were, feast together, in token of friend...
Read full commentary →And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, fat: or, suet
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<strong>And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Peace Offerings</strong>. The peace offering (שְׁלָמִים, shelamim) celebrated fellowship with God and community, with portions shared between God, priests...
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(3) **And he shall offer.**—That is, he who brings the sacrifices, not the priest.
**The fat.**—That is, the best or choicest part. Hence the expression is also used for the best produce of the ground (Genesis 45:18; Numbers 18:12). As the most valuable part of the animal, the fat belonged to God, and hence had a peculiar sanctity, for which reason it was not allowed to be eaten (Leviticus 3:17; L...
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Chapter 3
Chapter Outline
The peace-offering of the herd.
(1-5)
The peace-offering of the flock.
(6-17)
**Verses 1-5**
The peace-offerings had regard to God as the giver of all good things. These were divided between the altar, the priest, and the owner. They were called peace-offering, because in them God and his people did, as it were, feast together, in token of friend...
Read full commentary →And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away. caul: or, midriff over the liver, and over the kidneys
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<strong>And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Peace Offerings</strong>. The peace offering (שְׁלָמִים, shelamim) celebrated fellowship with God and community, with portions shared between God, priests, and worshipers.<br><br><br>W...
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Chapter 3
Chapter Outline
The peace-offering of the herd.
(1-5)
The peace-offering of the flock.
(6-17)
**Verses 1-5**
The peace-offerings had regard to God as the giver of all good things. These were divided between the altar, the priest, and the owner. They were called peace-offering, because in them God and his people did, as it were, feast together, in token of friend...
Read full commentary →And Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt sacrifice, which is upon the wood that is on the fire: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
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<strong>And Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt sacrifice, which is upon the wood that is on the fire: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Peace Offerings</strong>. The peace offering (שְׁלָמִים, shelamim) celebrated fellowship with God and community, with portions shared between God, pri...
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(5) **And Aaron’s sons.**—After the offerer has killed the victim, taken out the choice parts and offered them to the officiating priest, the latter shall burn *it, *that is, the whole collection of the fat pieces described in Leviticus 3:3-4, upon the ashes of the continual burnt offering, which was the daily offering of the lamb. It had always the precedence, and was burning the whole day (Levit...
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Chapter 3
Chapter Outline
The peace-offering of the herd.
(1-5)
The peace-offering of the flock.
(6-17)
**Verses 1-5**
The peace-offerings had regard to God as the giver of all good things. These were divided between the altar, the priest, and the owner. They were called peace-offering, because in them God and his people did, as it were, feast together, in token of friend...
Read full commentary →And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering unto the LORD be of the flock; male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.
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<strong>And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering unto the LORD be of the flock; male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Peace Offerings</strong>. The peace offering (שְׁלָמִים, shelamim) celebrated fellowship with God and community, with portions shared between God, priests, and worshipers.<br><br>The five main ...
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(6) **Of the flock.**—That is, of sheep or goats; they too might be either male or female, provided only that they were without organic defects.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
**Verses 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 ...
Read full commentary →If he offer a lamb for his offering, then shall he offer it before the LORD.
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<strong>If he offer a lamb for his offering, then shall he offer it before the LORD.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Peace Offerings</strong>. The peace offering (שְׁלָמִים, shelamim) celebrated fellowship with God and community, with portions shared between God, priests, and worshipers.<br><br>The five main offerings (burnt, grain, peace, sin, and guilt) addressed d...
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(7) **A lamb.**—Better, *a sheep, *as it is rendered in Leviticus 1:10; Leviticus 7:23; Leviticus 22:19; Leviticus 22:27, &c, since the word denotes a full-grown sheep.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
**Verses 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 ...
Read full commentary →And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron's sons shall sprinkle the blood thereof round about upon the altar.
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<strong>And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron's sons shall sprinkle the blood thereof round about upon the altar.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Peace Offerings</strong>. The peace offering (שְׁלָמִים, shelamim) celebrated fellowship with God and community, with portions shared betwe...
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(8) **Before the tabernacle of the congregation.**—Better, *before the tent of meeting. *(See Leviticus 3:2.)
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
**Verses 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 ...
Read full commentary →And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat thereof, and the whole rump, it shall he take off hard by the backbone; and the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,
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<strong>And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat thereof, and the whole rump, it shall he take off hard by the backbone; and the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Peace Offerings</strong>. The peace offering (שְׁלָמִים, shelamim) cel...
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(9) **The whole rump.**—Better, *the whole fat tail *(so also Exodus 29:22; Leviticus 7:3; Leviticus 8:25; Leviticus 9:19). The sheep of Syria and Palestine were, and still are, the bread-tailed species, the broad part often weighing fifteen pounds and upwards. In young animals, the substance of the tail, which consists of marrow and fat, tastes like marrow, and it is used by the Arabs for cooking...
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**30. a writing, like to the engravings of a signet--**The seal-ring worn both by ancient and modern Egyptians on the little finger of the right hand, contained, inscribed on a cornelian or other precious stone, along with the owner's name, a religious sentiment or sacred symbol, intimating that he was the servant of God, or expressive of trust in Him. And it was to this practice the inscription o...
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**Verses 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 ...
Read full commentary →And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away.
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<strong>And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Peace Offerings</strong>. The peace offering (שְׁלָמִים, shelamim) celebrated fellowship with God and community, with portions shared between God, priests, and worshipers.<br><br><br...
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(10) **And the two kidneys.**—The ritual enjoined in these two verses is the same as in Leviticus 3:4-5.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
**Verses 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 ...
Read full commentary →And the priest shall burn it upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire unto the LORD.
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<strong>And the priest shall burn it upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire unto the LORD.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Peace Offerings</strong>. The peace offering (שְׁלָמִים, shelamim) celebrated fellowship with God and community, with portions shared between God, priests, and worshipers.<br><br>The Aaronic priesthood mediated between God an...
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(11) **The food, **or *bread, *that is, which the fire upon the altar was to consume for God, or the sacrifice. Hence that which was burnt unto God was called His bread (Numbers 28:2; Ezekiel 44:7), and the priests who burnt it are described as offering “ the bread of their God” (Leviticus 21:6; Leviticus 21:8; Leviticus 21:17).
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
**Verses 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 ...
Read full commentary →And if his offering be a goat, then he shall offer it before the LORD.
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<strong>And if his offering be a goat, then he shall offer it before the LORD.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Peace Offerings</strong>. The peace offering (שְׁלָמִים, shelamim) celebrated fellowship with God and community, with portions shared between God, priests, and worshipers.<br><br>The five main offerings (burnt, grain, peace, sin, and guilt) addressed differe...
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(12-15) **And if his offering be a goat.**—The directions about the goat as a peace offering are the same as those about an ox. No mention of male or female is here made, because this point is already stated in Leviticus 3:6. Unlike the burnt offering (Leviticus 1:10), the goat is here separated from the sheep because of the difference in the oblation, arising from the
broad tail of the sheep, whi...
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**Verses 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 ...
Read full commentary →And he shall lay his hand upon the head of it, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle the blood thereof upon the altar round about.
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<strong>And he shall lay his hand upon the head of it, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle the blood thereof upon the altar round about.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Peace Offerings</strong>. The peace offering (שְׁלָמִים, shelamim) celebrated fellowship with God and community, with portions shared between Go...
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**34. the covering of rams' skin dyed red--**(See on Ex 25:5). It was probably red morocco leather and "badgers' skins," rather "the skins of the tahash, supposed to be the dugong, or dolphin of the Red Sea, the skin of which is still used by the Arabs under the same appellation" [Goss].
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
**Verses 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 ...
Read full commentary →And he shall offer thereof his offering, even an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,
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<strong>And he shall offer thereof his offering, even an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Peace Offerings</strong>. The peace offering (שְׁלָמִים, shelamim) celebrated fellowship with God and community, with portions shared between God, priests, and worshi...
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**Verses 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 ...
Read full commentary →And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away.
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<strong>And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Peace Offerings</strong>. The peace offering (שְׁלָמִים, shelamim) celebrated fellowship with God and community, with portions shared between God, priests, and worshipers.<br><br><br...
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**Verses 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 ...
Read full commentary →And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet savour: all the fat is the LORD'S.
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<strong>And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet savour: all the fat is the LORD'S.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Peace Offerings</strong>. The peace offering (שְׁלָמִים, shelamim) celebrated fellowship with God and community, with portions shared between God, priests, and worshipers.<br><br>The Aaronic ...
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(16) **Shall burn them.**—That is, the fat pieces which have thus been specified (see Leviticus 4:35), because they constitute the bread of Jehovah; they are to ascend in a sweet-smelling savour to heaven. (See Leviticus 1:9).
**All the fat is the Lord’s.**—This part of the verse is intimately connected with the following verse. As the fat belongs to the Lord, it is therefore enacted as a perpetua...
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**Verses 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 ...
Read full commentary →It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.
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<strong>It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.</strong><br><br>This verse falls within the section on <strong>Peace Offerings</strong>. The peace offering (שְׁלָמִים, shelamim) celebrated fellowship with God and community, with portions shared between God, priests, and worshipers.<br><br>Leviticus 17:11 declares 'the l...
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(17) **A perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings.**—Better, *a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings; *so the Authorised Version in the only three other passages in which it occurs. (Comp. Leviticus 23:14; Leviticus 23:21, where it is inverted; and 31.) That is, the law not to eat fat of beeves, sheep, or goats, is to be binding upon the Is...
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**Verses 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 ...
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