Psalms 102:3

102:3 For my days go up in smoke, ¹ 

and my bones are charred like a fireplace. ² 

Genesis 19:28

19:28 He looked out toward ³  Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of that region. ⁴  As he did so, he saw the smoke rising up from the land like smoke from a furnace. ⁵ 

Leviticus 3:3-11

3:3 Then the one presenting the offering ⁶  must present a gift to the Lord from the peace offering sacrifice: He must remove the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that surrounds the entrails, ⁷  3:4 the two kidneys with the fat on their sinews, and the protruding lobe on the liver (which he is to remove along with the kidneys). ⁸  3:5 Then the sons of Aaron must offer it up in smoke on the altar atop the burnt offering that is on the wood in the fire as a gift of a soothing aroma to the Lord. ⁹ 

Animal from the Flock

3:6 “‘If his offering for a peace offering sacrifice to the Lord is from the flock, he must present a flawless male or female. ¹⁰  3:7 If he presents a sheep as his offering, he must present it before the Lord. 3:8 He must lay his hand on the head of his offering and slaughter it before the Meeting Tent, and the sons of Aaron must splash ¹¹  its blood against the altar’s sides. 3:9 Then he must present a gift to the Lord from the peace offering sacrifice: He must remove all the fatty tail up to the end of the spine, the fat covering the entrails, and all the fat on the entrails, ¹²  3:10 the two kidneys with the fat on their sinews, and the protruding lobe on the liver (which he is to remove along with the kidneys). ¹³  3:11 Then the priest must offer it up in smoke on the altar as a food gift to the Lord. ¹⁴ 

Leviticus 3:16

3:16 Then the priest must offer them up in smoke on the altar as a food gift for a soothing aroma – all the fat belongs to the Lord.

Deuteronomy 29:20

29:20 The Lord will be unwilling to forgive him, and his intense anger ¹⁵  will rage ¹⁶  against that man; all the curses ¹⁷  written in this scroll will fall upon him ¹⁸  and the Lord will obliterate his name from memory. ¹⁹ 

Hebrews 12:29

12:29 For our God is indeed a devouring fire. ²⁰ 

¹ tn Heb “for my days come to an end in smoke.”

² tn The Hebrew noun מוֹ־קֵד (mo-qed, “fireplace”) occurs only here, in Isa 33:14 (where it refers to the fire itself), and perhaps in Lev 6:2.

³ tn Heb “upon the face of.”

⁴ tn Or “all the land of the plain”; Heb “and all the face of the land of the circle,” referring to the “circle” or oval area of the Jordan Valley.

⁵ tn Heb “And he saw, and look, the smoke of the land went up like the smoke of a furnace.”

⁶ tn Heb “Then he”; the referent (the person presenting the offering) has been specified in the translation for clarity (cf. the note on Lev 1:5).

⁷ tn Heb “and all the fat on the entrails.” The fat layer that covers the entrails as a whole (i.e., “that covers the entrails”) is different from the fat that surrounds and adheres to the various organs (“on the entrails,” i.e., surrounding them; J. Milgrom, Leviticus [AB], 1:205-7).

⁸ tn Heb “and the protruding lobe on the liver on the kidneys he shall remove it.” Cf. NRSV “the appendage of the liver”; NIV “the covering of the liver” (KJV “the caul above the liver”).

⁹ tn Or “on the fire – [it is] a gift of a soothing aroma to the Lord” (see Lev 1:13b, 17b, and the note on 1:9b).

¹⁰ tn Heb “a male or female without defect he shall present it”; cf. NLT “must have no physical defects.”

¹¹ tn See the note on this term at 1:5.

¹² sn See the note on this phrase in 3:3.

¹³ tn Heb “and the protruding lobe on the liver on the kidneys he shall remove it.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “food, a gift to the Lord.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “the wrath of the Lord and his zeal.” The expression is a hendiadys, a figure in which the second noun becomes adjectival to the first.

¹⁶ tn Heb “smoke,” or “smolder.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “the entire oath.”

¹⁸ tn Or “will lie in wait against him.”

¹⁹ tn Heb “blot out his name from under the sky.”

²⁰ sn A quotation from Deut 4:24; 9:3.