Discovery BoxLeviticus 9:20
Context9:20 they 1 set those on the breasts and he offered the fat parts up in smoke on the altar.
Leviticus 9:19
Context9:19 As for the fat parts from the ox and from the ram 2 (the fatty tail, the fat covering the entrails, 3 the kidneys, and the protruding lobe of the liver),
Leviticus 9:24
Context9:24 Then fire went out from the presence of the Lord 4 and consumed the burnt offering and the fat parts on the altar, and all the people saw it, so they shouted loudly and fell down with their faces to the ground. 5
Leviticus 8:26
Context8:26 and from the basket of unleavened bread that was before the Lord he took one unleavened loaf, one loaf of bread mixed with olive oil, and one wafer, 6 and placed them on the fat parts and on the right thigh.
Leviticus 10:15
Context10:15 The thigh of the contribution offering and the breast of the wave offering they must bring in addition to the gifts of the fat parts to wave them as a wave offering before the Lord, and it will belong to you and your sons with you for a perpetual statute just as the Lord has commanded.”
[9:20] 1 tn The plural “they” refers to the sons of Aaron (cf. v. 18). The LXX, Smr, and Syriac have singular “he,” referring to Aaron alone as in the latter half of the verse (the singular is followed here by NLT). Cf. NCV “Aaron’s sons put them.”
[9:19] 2 tn Heb “And the fat from the ox and from the ram.”
[9:19] 3 tn The text here has only the participle “the cover” or “that which covers,” which is elliptical for “the fat which covers the entrails” (see Lev 3:3, 9, 14; 7:3).
[9:24] 3 tn Heb “from to the faces of the
[9:24] 4 tn Heb “fell on their faces.” Many English versions and commentaries render here “shouted for joy” (e.g., NIV; cf. NCV, NLT) or “shouted joyfully,” but the fact the people “fell on their faces” immediately afterward suggests that they were frightened as, for example, in Exod 19:16b; 20:18-21.
