Leviticus 3
The Offering That Ends in Peace
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From the Herd
3:1If his gift to the Lord is a sacrifice of deliverance, if he brings it from his cattle, whether male or female, he shall bring it unblemished before the Lord.
3:2He shall lay his hands on the head of the gift and slaughter it beside the doors of the Tent of Testimony. Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall pour the blood all around against the altar of whole burnt offerings.
3:3From the sacrifice of deliverance they shall present an offering to the Lord: the fat covering the belly and all the fat on the belly,
3:4the two kidneys and the fat on them, which is by the thighs, and the lobe on the liver, which he shall remove with the kidneys.
3:5Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall offer them up on the altar, on the whole burnt offerings, on the wood on the fire on the altar: an offering, a fragrant aroma to the Lord.
From the Flock: Sheep
3:6If his gift for a sacrifice of deliverance to the Lord is from the flock, male or female, he shall bring it unblemished.
3:7If he brings a lamb as his gift, he shall present it before the Lord.
3:8He shall lay his hands on the head of his gift and slaughter it beside the doors of the Tent of Testimony. Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall pour the blood all around against the altar.
3:9From the sacrifice of deliverance he shall present an offering to God: the fat and the unblemished loin, which he shall remove with the muscles of the lower back, and the fat of the belly,
3:10and both kidneys and the fat on them, which is by the thighs, and the lobe on the liver, removing it with the kidneys,
3:11the priest shall offer it up on the altar: a fragrant aroma, an offering to the Lord.
From the Flock: Goats
3:12If his gift is from the goats, he shall present it before the Lord.
3:13He shall lay his hands on its head, and they shall slaughter it before the Lord beside the doors of the Tent of Testimony. Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall pour the blood all around against the altar.
3:14From it he shall offer up an offering to the Lord: the fat covering the belly and all the fat on the belly,
3:15both kidneys and all the fat on them, which is by the thighs, and the lobe of the liver, which he shall remove with the kidneys.
3:16The priest shall offer it up on the altar: an offering, a fragrant aroma to the Lord. All the fat belongs to the Lord.
3:17It is a perpetual ordinance throughout your generations, in every dwelling place of yours: you shall eat neither any fat nor any blood.
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