Leviticus 3:7-17

Context
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 splash¹ 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,² 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).³ 3:11 Then the priest must offer it up in smoke on the altar as a food gift to the Lord.⁴

3:12 “‘If his offering is a goat he must present it before the Lord, 3:13 lay his hand on its head, and slaughter it before the Meeting Tent, and the sons of Aaron must splash its blood against the altar’s sides. 3:14 Then he must present from it his offering as a gift to the Lord: the fat which covers the entrails and all the fat on the entrails,⁵ 3:15 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).⁶ 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. 3:17 This is⁷ a perpetual statute throughout your generations⁸ in all the places where you live: You must never eat any fat or any blood.’”⁹

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

[3:9] ¹sn See the note on this phrase in 3:3.

[3:10] ¹tn Heb “and the protruding lobe on the liver on the kidneys he shall remove it.”

[3:11] ¹tn Heb “food, a gift to the Lord.”

[3:14] ¹sn See the note on this phrase in 3:3.

[3:15] ¹tn Heb “and the protruding lobe on the liver on the kidneys he shall remove it.”

[3:17] ¹tn The words “This is” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied due to requirements of English style.

[3:17] ²tn Heb “for your generations”; NAB “for your descendants”; NLT “for you and all your descendants.”

[3:17] ³tn Heb “all fat and all blood you must not eat.”