Verse 23

Speak to the Israelites and say: You must not eat any of the fat of cattle, sheep, or goats.

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  • Lev 3:16-17 : 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. 17 This is a permanent statute for your generations in all your dwelling places: You must not eat any fat or blood.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Deut 32:38 : 38 The ones who ate the fat of their sacrifices and drank the wine of their drink offerings? Let them rise up and help you; let them be your shelter!
  • 1 Sam 2:15-17 : 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.’ 17 So the sin of the young men was very great in the LORD’s sight, for they were treating the LORD’s offering with contempt.
  • 1 Sam 2:29 : 29 Why do you scorn My sacrifice and offering that I commanded for My dwelling? Why do you honor your sons more than Me by fattening yourselves on the best of all the offerings of My people Israel?
  • Acts 28:27 : 27 For this people's heart has grown calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise, they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.'
  • Rom 8:13 : 13 For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
  • Rom 13:13 : 13 Let us walk properly, as in the daytime, not in revelries and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in strife and jealousy.