Leviticus 3:11

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Contextual Overview

⁶If, however, one's peace offering to the LORD is from the flock, he must present a male or female without blemish. ⁷If he is presenting a lamb for his offering, he must present it before the LORD. ⁸He is to lay his hand on the head of his offering and slaughter it in front of the Tent of Meeting. Then Aaron's sons shall sprinkle its blood on all sides of the altar. ⁹And from the peace offering he shall bring an offering made by fire to the LORD consisting of its fat: the entire fat tail cut off close to the backbone, the fat surrounding the entrails, all the fat on the entrails, ¹⁰both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which he shall remove with the kidneys. ¹¹Then the priest is to burn them on the altar as food, an offering made by fire to the LORD.¹²If one's offering is a goat, he is to present it before the LORD. ¹³He must lay his hand on its head and slaughter it in front of the Tent of Meeting. Then Aaron's sons shall sprinkle its blood on all sides of the altar. ¹⁴And from his offering he shall present an offering made by fire to the LORD: the fat surrounding the entrails, all the fat that is on them, ¹⁵both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which he will also remove with the kidneys.

Bible Verse Review
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burn: Leviticus 3:5, Psalms 22:14, Isaiah 53:4-10, Romans 8:32

the food: Leviticus 3:16, Leviticus 21:6, Leviticus 21:8, Leviticus 21:17, Leviticus 21:21, Leviticus 21:22, Leviticus 22:25, Numbers 28:2, Ezekiel 44:7, Malachi 1:7, Malachi 1:12, 1 Corinthians 10:21, Revelation 3:20

Reciprocal: Exodus 29:25 - offering Leviticus 1:9 - burn all Leviticus 5:12 - according Leviticus 7:31 - the priest Leviticus 17:6 - burn Isaiah 9:5 - fuel 1 Corinthians 10:18 - are

Cross-References

Genesis 4:10
"What have you done?" replied the LORD. "The voice of your brother's blood cries out to Me from the ground.

Psalms 50:21
You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But I Myself will rebuke you and accuse you to your face.

Romans 3:20
Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the priest shall burn it upon the altar,.... 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.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Burn it - See Leviticus 1:9 note.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Leviticus 3:11. It is the food of the offering — We have already remarked that God is frequently represented as feasting with his people on the sacrifices they offered; and because these sacrifices were consumed by that fire which was kindled from heaven, therefore they were considered as the food of that fire, or rather of the Divine Being who was represented by it. "In the same idiom of speech," says Dodd, "the gods of the heathens are said, Deuteronomy 32:38, to eat the fat and drink,,the wine which were consumed on their altars.