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Leviticus 3:16 KJV
Leviticus · chapter 3 · verse 16
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.Leviticus 3:16 · King James Version
Leviticus 3:16 in context
14And 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,
15And 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.
16And 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.
17It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- priestkôhênliterally one officiating, a priestH3548 →
- savourrêyachodorH7381 →
- altarmizbêachan altarH4196 →
- sweetnîychôwachproperly, restfulH5207 →
- burnqâṭarto smokeH6999 →
- foodlechemfood , especially bread, or grainH3899 →
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Directions are here given concerning the peace-offering, if it was a sheep or a goat. Turtle-doves or young pigeons, which might be brought for whole burnt offerings, were not allowed for peace-offerings, because they have no fat considerable enough to be burnt upon the altar;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-17