Leviticus
Chapter 3
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Leningrad Codex, through the Open Scriptures Westminster Leningrad Codex. The written consonants are printed. A Masoretic reading is footnoted when it differs. No Dead Sea reading was substituted unless it was read from a fragment. The Samaritan Pentateuch and the Greek, Syriac, and Latin versions are witnesses, not the default.
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1If his A gift brought close to God. is a sacrifice of well-being, if he brings it from the herd, whether male or female, he shall bring it whole before God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary..
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Zevach shelamim is a sacrifice of well-being, the same phrase as in Exodus. Shelem is wholeness, not a vow by itself.
2He shall lay his hand on the head of his A gift brought close to God. and slaughter it at the entrance of the tent of meeting, and the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall dash the blood on the altar all around.
3He shall bring from the sacrifice of well-being a food gift to God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary.: the fat that covers the innards, and all the fat that is on the innards,
4and the two kidneys and the fat that is on them, which is on the loins, and the lobe on the liver. He shall remove it along with the kidneys.
5The sons of Aaron shall turn it into smoke on the altar, on the whole offering that is on the wood that is on the fire, a food gift of a soothing scent to God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary..
6If his A gift brought close to God. for a sacrifice of well-being to God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. is from the flock, male or female, he shall bring it whole.
7If he brings a sheep as his A gift brought close to God., he shall bring it before God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary..
8He shall lay his hand on the head of his A gift brought close to God. and slaughter it in front of the tent of meeting, and the sons of Aaron shall dash its blood on the altar all around.
9He shall bring from the sacrifice of well-being a food gift to God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary.: its fat, the whole fat tail, which he shall remove close to the backbone, the fat that covers the innards, and all the fat that is on the innards,
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Alyah temimah is the whole fat tail. It is removed close by the backbone. The tail is not called a rump.
10and the two kidneys and the fat that is on them, which is on the loins, and the lobe on the liver. He shall remove it along with the kidneys.
11The priest shall turn it into smoke on the altar. It is food, a food gift to God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary..
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Lechem here is food, not a loaf. The fat is called food of Yahweh.
12If his A gift brought close to God. is a goat, he shall bring it before God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary..
13He shall lay his hand on its head and slaughter it in front of the tent of meeting, and the sons of Aaron shall dash its blood on the altar all around.
14He shall bring from it his A gift brought close to God., a food gift to God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary.: the fat that covers the innards, and all the fat that is on the innards,
15and the two kidneys and the fat that is on them, which is on the loins, and the lobe on the liver. He shall remove it along with the kidneys.
16The priest shall turn them into smoke on the altar. It is food, a food gift for a soothing scent. All fat belongs to God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary..
17It is a lasting A rule that is meant to last. through your generations, in all your settlements: you shall not eat any fat or any blood.