1490 B.C.

Leviticus 3)

1: And if his present (see 2:4) be a slain sacrifice (Heb. zebach = any offering slain, from the Heb. shelem. The proper word for a victim, slain and offered. The Hebrew name for altar, mizbeah, is derived from the same root, and denotes the place of slaughter. Cp. Gen. 22.) of the peace offering (Heb. shelem, from the root shalam, which conveys the idea of peace on the ground of perfection of recompensation or recompense. Hence connected with the thought of rendering payment of vows, or praises because of peace enjoyed. Sometimes combined with zebach. It is eucharistic rather than propitiatory), if he offer it of the herd (= kārab, means to draw near, but the Hiphl conjugation, to make to approach, or draw near: hence to bring near); whether it be a male or female (the burnt offering must be male. 1:3,10), he shall offer it without blemish before the Lord.
2: And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his admittance offering, and kill it at the entrance of the tent of the congregation: and Aaron's sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.
3: And he (the offerer, not the priest) shall offer of the slain sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire to the Lord (see baked, 2:4); the fat that covers the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,
4: And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the flap above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away.
5: And Aaron's sons shall burn (as incense, Heb. kåtar = to burn or turn into vapor. Used of the incense = kethoreth, but also the 'ohah, 1:3, and parts of minchah, 2:1, and the zebach, 3:1, because these ascend to Yahaveh) it on the altar upon the burnt sacrifice, which is upon the wood that is on the fire: it is an admittance offering made by fire, of a sweet satisfaction to the Lord.
6: And if his admittance offering for a slain sacrifice of the peace offering to the Lord be of the flock; male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.

7: If he offer a lamb (or sheep, see 1:10; 7:23;22:19,27, &c.) for his admittance offering, then shall he offer it before the Lord.
8: And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it before the tent of the assembly of the congregation: and Aaron's sons shall sprinkle the blood thereof round about upon the altar.
9: And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire to the Lord; the fat thereof, and the whole rump (the fat tail entire. 7:3; 8:25; 9:10. Ex. 29:22), it shall he take off hard by the backbone; and the fat that covers the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,
10: And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the flap above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away.
11: And the priest shall burn it upon the altar: it is the food (Heb. "bread", for all food in general, cp. 21:6,8,17,21,22. Num. 28:2) of the offering made by fire to the Lord.

12: And if his admittance offering be a goat, then he shall bring it before the Lord.
13: And he shall lay his hand upon the head of it, and kill it before the tent of assembly of the of the congregation: and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle the blood thereof upon the altar round about.
14: And he shall offer thereof his admittance offering, even an offering made by fire to the Lord; the fat that covers the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,
15: And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the flap above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away.
16: And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet satisfaction: all the fat is the Lord's.
17: It shall be a statute for ever, throughout your generations, in all your dwellings (this important phrase occurs 4 times, here, 23:14,21 [inverted], 31), that you all eat neither fat nor blood.' "

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