Leviticus 3:6-11

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. ¹  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 ²  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, ³  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). ⁴  3:11 Then the priest must offer it up in smoke on the altar as a food gift to the Lord. ⁵ 

[3:6]  ¹ tn Heb “a male or female without defect he shall present it”; cf. NLT “must have no physical defects.”

[3:8]  ² tn See the note on this term at 1:5.

[3:9]  ³ sn See the note on this phrase in 3:3.

[3:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “and the protruding lobe on the liver on the kidneys he shall remove it.”

[3:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “food, a gift to the Lord.”