Leviticus 3:14

The fat of the tail, of the inwards, the two kidneys, and the caul of the liver: [it is] the food of the offering made by fire unto the Lord; or "bread"; this part of the offering that was burnt belonged to the Lord; it was his food, and what was accepted of by him, and therefore is elsewhere called the bread of God, Leviticus 21:8. Leviticus 3:12 Ver. 12. And if his offering be a goat,.... As it might be, and which also was of the flock: then he shall offer it before the Lord; in the same place and manner as the bullock and the lamb, Leviticus 3:1 Leviticus 3:13 Ver. 13. And he shall lay his hand upon the head of it,.... His right hand, according to the Targum of Jonathan, as before; the same directions are given for the killing of it, and for the sprinkling of its blood, as in the offerings of the bullock and lamb. Leviticus 3:14 Ver. 14. And he shall offer thereof his offering,.... The same rules are laid down about taking the fat off of several parts as in the sacrifice of the bullock; but nothing is said of the fat of the rump and tail, as is said of the lamb. Leviticus 3:15 Ver. 15. See Gill on "Leviticus 3:14". Leviticus 3:16 Ver. 16. And the priest shall burn them upon the altar,....

3:6-17 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, Heb 10:29; nor will he allow us, though we have the comfort of the atonement made, to claim for ourselves any share in the honour of making it. This taught the Jews to observe distinction between common and sacred things; it kept them separate from idolaters. It would impress them more deeply with the belief of some important mystery in the shedding of the blood and the burning the fat of their solemn sacrifices. Christ, as the Prince of peace, made peace with the blood of his cross. Through him the believer is reconciled to God; and having the peace of God in his heart, he is disposed to follow peace with all men. May the Lord multiply grace, mercy, and peace, to all who desire to bear the Christian character.

The same rules apply to the peace-offerings of sheep and goats, except that, in addition to the fat portions, which were to be burned upon the altar in the case of the oxen ( Leviticus 3:3 , Leviticus 3:4 ) and goats ( Leviticus 3:14 , Leviticus 3:15 ), the fat tail of the sheep was to be consumed as well. תמימה האליה: "the fat tail whole" ( Leviticus 3:9 ), cauda ovilla vel arietina eaque crassa et adiposa; the same in Arabic (Ges. thes. p. 102). The fat tails which the sheep have in Northern Africa and Egypt, also in Arabia, especially Southern Arabia, and Syria, often weigh 15 lbs. or more, and small carriages on wheels are sometimes placed under them to bear their weight (Sonnini, R. ii. p. 358; Bochart, Hieroz. i. pp. 556ff.). It consists of something between marrow and fat. Ordinary sheep are also found in Arabia and Syria; but in modern Palestine all the sheep are "of the broad-tailed species." The broad part of the tail is an excresence of fat, from which the true tail hangs down (Robinson, Pal. ii. 166). "Near the rump-bone shall he (the offerer) take it (the fat tail) away," i.e., separate it from the body. עצם, ἁπ. λεγ., is, according to Saad., os caudae s. coccygis, i.e., the rump or tail-bone, which passes over into the vertebrae of the tail (cf. Bochart, i. pp. 560-1).

In Leviticus 3:11 and Leviticus 3:16 the fat portions which were burned are called "food of the firing for Jehovah," or "food of the firing for a sweet savour," i.e., food which served as a firing for Jehovah, or reached Jehovah by being burned; cf. Numbers 28:24 , "food of the firing of a sweet savour for Jehovah." Hence not only are the daily burnt-offerings and the burnt and sin-offerings of the different feasts called "food of Jehovah" ("My bread," Numbers 28:2 ); but the sacrifices generally are described as "the food of God" ("the bread of their God," Leviticus 21:6 , Leviticus 21:8 , Leviticus 21:17 , Leviticus 21:21-22 , and Leviticus 22:25 ), as food, that is, which Israel produced and caused to ascend to its God in fire as a sweet smelling savour. - Nothing is determined here with regard to the appropriation of the flesh of the peace-offerings, as their destination for a sacrificial meal was already known from traditional custom. The more minute directions for the meal itself are given in Leviticus 7:11-36 , where the meaning of these sacrifices is more fully explained. - In Leviticus 3:17 ( Leviticus 3:16 ) the general rule is added, "all fat belongs to Jehovah," and the law, "eat neither fat nor blood," is enforced as "an eternal statute" for the generations of Israel (see at Exodus 12:14 , Exodus 12:24 ) in all their dwelling-places (see Exodus 10:23 and Exodus 12:20 ).

[Reformed Biblical] 19 Leviticus 14:20 Leviticus 14:21 Leviticus 14:22 Leviticus 14:23 Leviticus 14:24 Leviticus 14:25 Leviticus 14:26 Leviticus 14:27 Leviticus 14:28 Leviticus 14:29 Leviticus 14:30 Leviticus 14:31 Leviticus 14:32 Leviticus 14:33 Leviticus 14:34 Leviticus 14:35 Leviticus 14:36 ## That they empty the house, i.e. the possessors of the house. It is observable here, that neither the people nor the household stuff were polluted till the leprosy was disco vered and declared by the priest, to show what great difference God makes between sins of ignorance, and sins against knowledge and conscience. Leviticus 14:37 ## In the walls of the house this was an extraordinary judgment of God peculiar to this people, either as a punishment of their sins, which were much more si nful and inexcusable than the sins of other nations; or as a special mean and help to repentance, which God afforded to them above other people; or as a document of the mischievous nature of sin, typified by leprosy, which did not only destroy persons, but their habitations also: see Zec_5:4. ## With hollow strakes, such as were in the bodies of leprous persons, Lev_13:3. Leviticus 14:38 Leviticus 14:39 Leviticus 14:40 Where they used to cast dirt and filthy things. Leviticus 14:41 The mortar or other rubbish. Levitic

[Reformed Biblical] us 14:42 Leviticus 14:43 Leviticus 14:44 Leviticus 14:45 Leviticus 14:46 Leviticus 14:47 Leviticus 14:48 Leviticus 14:49 Leviticus 14:50 Leviticus 14:51 Leviticus 14:52 Leviticus 14:53 Leviticus 14:54 Leviticus 14:55 Leviticus 14:56 Leviticus 14:57 To teach; to direct the priest when to pronounce a person or house clean or unclean. So it was not left to the priest’s power or will, but they were tied to plain rules, such as the people might discern no less than the priest. ## Leviticus 15:1 LEVITICUS CHAPTER 15 Uncleanness by issues, and their putrefaction and expiation, Lev_15:1-15. Of flowing seed, its uncleanness, Lev_15:16-18. Of women: their courses ordinarily, Lev_15:19-24; extraordinary, Lev_15:25-28. Their expiation, Lev_15:29,30. An exhortation to cleanness, lest they die, and that they pollute not the tabernacle, Lev_15:31. A repetition of the whole, Lev_15:32,33. Leviticus 15:2 His secret parts, called ## flesh, Lev_6:10 12:3 Eze_16:26 23:20. Leviticus 15:3 Or if it have run, and been stopped in great measure, either by the grossness of the humour, or by some obstruction in parts that it cannot run freely, as it did, but only droppeth. Leviticus 15:4 ## Every thing, Heb. vessel , by which the Hebrews understand all sorts of household stuff.

(14) The porter toward the east. —Compare 1Chronicles 9:18 . Korê had charge of “the freewill offerings of God,” or voluntary gifts ( Deuteronomy 12:17 ); and it was his duty “to distribute the oblations of the Lord and the most holy things" to the priests. To distribute the oblations.—To give the Terûmah of Jehovah—i.e., the portion of the offerings which, though consecrated to Jehovah, was transferred by Him to the priests (Leviticus 7:14; Leviticus 7:32; Leviticus 10:14-15). And the most holy things—i.e., that part of the sin and trespass offerings (Leviticus 6:10; Leviticus 6:22; Leviticus 7:6) and of the meat offerings (Leviticus 2:3; Leviticus 2:10) which were to be eaten by the priests in the sanctuary.