Leviticus 3:5

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Contextual Overview

¹If one's offering is a peace offering and he offers an animal from the herd, whether male or female, he must present it without blemish before the LORD. ²He is to lay his hand on the head of the offering and slaughter it at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. Then Aaron's sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood on all sides of the altar. ³From the peace offering he is to bring an offering made by fire to the LORD: the fat surrounding the entrails, all the fat that is on the entrails, ⁴both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which he shall also remove with the kidneys. ⁵Then Aaron's sons are to burn it on the altar atop the burnt offering that is on the burning wood, as an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

Bible Verse Review
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Aaron's: Leviticus 1:9, Leviticus 4:31, Leviticus 4:35, Leviticus 6:12, Leviticus 9:9, Leviticus 9:10, Exodus 29:13, 1 Samuel 2:15, 1 Samuel 2:16, 1 Kings 8:64, 2 Chronicles 35:14, Ezekiel 44:7, Ezekiel 44:15

upon the burnt: Leviticus 6:12, 1 Peter 2:5

Reciprocal: Exodus 29:25 - offering Leviticus 3:11 - burn Leviticus 4:26 - the fat Leviticus 7:31 - the priest Leviticus 9:19 - General Leviticus 17:6 - burn Leviticus 22:22 - an offering 2 Chronicles 35:12 - as it is written

Cross-References

Genesis 2:17
but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die."

Genesis 3:2
The woman answered the serpent, "We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden,

Genesis 3:3
but of the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, 'You must not eat of it or touch it, or you will die.'"

Genesis 3:6
When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.

Genesis 3:7
And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; so they sewed together fig leaves and made coverings for themselves.

Genesis 3:10
"I heard Your voice in the garden," he replied, "and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself."

Genesis 3:13
Then the LORD God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" "The serpent deceived me," she replied, "and I ate."

Genesis 3:14
So the LORD God said to the serpent: "Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and every beast of the field! On your belly will you go, and dust you will eat, all the days of your life.

Genesis 3:15
And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel."

Genesis 3:22
Then the LORD God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil. And now, lest he reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever..."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar,.... That is, the fat of the several parts before mentioned; this signified the sufferings of Christ, by which our peace is made, and by whose death we are reconciled to God: this rite of burning the fat of the inwards of sacrifices was used by the Pagans, and is still retained by the idolatrous Indians to this day h:

upon the burnt sacrifice; which, as Gersom says, was the burnt offering of the daily sacrifice of the morning, which was offered first of all sacrifices; so Jarchi says,

"we learn that the daily burnt offering preceded every other offering:''

this was an eminent type of Christ's sacrifice:

which is upon the wood that [is] on the fire; that is, which burnt offering was laid upon the wood on the fire, and the fat of the peace offering upon that:

[it is] an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord; as Christ's sacrifice is, Ephesians 5:2

Ephesians 5:2- :.

h See the Abridgment of Mr. Brainerd's Journal, published in 1748, p. 30.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Upon the burnt sacrifice - Upon the ashes of the continual burnt-offering Exodus 29:38, in accordance with Leviticus 6:12.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Leviticus 3:5. Aaron's sons shall burn it — As the fat was deemed the most valuable part of the animal, it was offered in preference to all other parts; and the heathens probably borrowed this custom from the Jews, for they burnt the omentum or caul in honour of their gods.