Verse 16

The priest shall burn them on the altar as food, a fire offering of a pleasing aroma to the LORD. All the fat belongs to the LORD.

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  • Lev 7:23-25 : 23 Speak to the Israelites and say: You must not eat any of the fat of cattle, sheep, or goats. 24 The fat of an animal found dead and the fat of an animal torn by wild beasts may be used for any other purpose but must not be eaten. 25 Anyone who eats the fat of an animal from which a food offering to the Lord is made must be cut off from their people.
  • 1 Sam 2:15-16 : 15 But even before the fat was burned, the priest’s servant would come and say to the man offering the sacrifice, ‘Give the priest some meat to roast; he won’t accept boiled meat from you, but only raw.’ 16 And if the man said to him, ‘Let the fat be burned first, and then take whatever you want,’ the servant would reply, ‘No, give it to me now! If you don’t, I’ll take it by force.’
  • 2 Chr 7:7 : 7 Solomon also consecrated the middle part of the courtyard in front of the Temple of the LORD, and there he offered burnt offerings, the fat of the fellowship offerings, because the bronze altar he had made could not hold the burnt offerings, the grain offerings, and the fat portions.
  • Isa 53:10 : 10 Yet it was the Lord's will to crush him and cause him to suffer. When you make his life an offering for sin, he will see his offspring and prolong his days, and the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand.
  • Matt 22:37 : 37 Jesus replied, 'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.'
  • Lev 8:25 : 25 Moses took the fat, the fat tail, all the fat around the entrails, the lobe of the liver, the two kidneys with their fat, and the right thigh.
  • Lev 9:24 : 24 Fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed the burnt offering and the fat portions on the altar. When all the people saw it, they shouted for joy and fell facedown.
  • Lev 17:6 : 6 The priest shall sprinkle the blood on the altar of the Lord at the entrance of the tent of meeting and burn the fat as a pleasing aroma to the Lord.
  • Exod 29:13 : 13 Then take all the fat that covers the entrails, the lobe of the liver, the two kidneys with the fat on them, and burn them on the altar.
  • Exod 29:22 : 22 Take the fat of the ram, the fat tail, the fat that covers the entrails, the lobe of the liver, the two kidneys with the fat on them, and the right thigh—for it is a ram of ordination.
  • Lev 3:3-5 : 3 From the peace offering, he is to present a fire offering to the LORD: the fat that covers the internal organs and all the fat that is on the internal organs; 4 the two kidneys and the fat on them, which is by the flanks, and the lobe of the liver that he shall remove with the kidneys. 5 Aaron's sons are to burn them on the altar, on top of the burnt offering that is over the burning wood. It is a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
  • Lev 3:9-9 : 9 From the peace offering, he is to present as a fire offering to the LORD: the fat, including the entire fat tail cut close to the backbone, the fat that covers the internal organs, and all the fat that is on the internal organs, 10 both kidneys and the fat on them by the flanks, and the lobe of the liver that he shall remove with the kidneys. 11 The priest shall burn them on the altar as food, a fire offering to the LORD.
  • Lev 3:14-15 : 14 From it, he is to present his offering as a fire offering to the LORD: the fat that covers the internal organs and all the fat that is on the internal organs, 15 both kidneys and the fat on them by the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which he shall remove with the kidneys.
  • Lev 4:8-9 : 8 He shall remove all the fat from the bull of the sin offering—the fat that covers the inner parts or is on them, 9 both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver, which he will remove along with the kidneys. 10 He shall do this just as it is done with the fat of a fellowship offering, and the priest shall burn them on the altar of burnt offering. 11 But the hide of the bull, all its flesh, its head, its legs, its internal organs, and its dung— 12 the entire bull he must take outside the camp to a clean place, to the ash heap, and burn it on a wood fire. It must be burned on the ash heap. 13 If the entire assembly of Israel sins unintentionally and the matter escapes the notice of the congregation by violating one of the LORD’s commands, which should not be done, they are guilty. 14 When the sin they committed becomes known, the assembly shall offer a young bull as a sin offering and bring it before the tent of meeting. 15 The elders of the congregation are to lay their hands on the bull’s head before the LORD, and it shall be slaughtered before the LORD. 16 Then the anointed priest shall bring some of the bull’s blood into the tent of meeting. 17 The priest will dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD in front of the veil. 18 He is to put some of the blood on the horns of the altar that is before the LORD in the tent of meeting. He shall then pour out the remaining blood at the base of the altar for burnt offerings, which is at the entrance to the tent of meeting. 19 The priest shall remove all the fat from it and burn it on the altar.
  • Lev 4:26 : 26 He shall burn all the fat on the altar, just as the fat of the peace offerings. In this way, the priest will make atonement for the man's sin, and he will be forgiven.
  • Lev 4:31 : 31 He shall remove all its fat, just as the fat is removed from the peace offerings. The priest shall burn it on the altar as a pleasing aroma to the LORD. In this way, the priest will make atonement for him, and he will be forgiven.