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Leviticus  Chapter 3    Back    Next

{3:1} "'If his offering is a sacrifice of peace offerings; if he offers it from the herd, whether male or female, he shall offer it without blemish
before Yahweh.

{3:2} He shall lay his hand on the head of his offering, and kill it at the door of the Tent of Meeting: and Aaron
's sons, the priests shall sprinkle the blood
around on the altar
.

{3:3} He shall offer of the sacrifice of peace offerings an offering made by fire
to Yahweh; the fat that covers the innards, and all the fat that is on the innards,

{3:4} and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the cover on the liver
, with the kidneys, he shall take away.

{3:5} Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar on the burnt offering
, which is on the wood that is on the fire: it is an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh.

{3:6} "'If his offering for a sacrifice of peace offerings to Yahweh is from the flock; male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.

{3:7} If he offers a lamb
for his offering, then he shall offer it before Yahweh;

{3:8} and he shall lay his hand on the head of his offering, and kill it before the Tent of Meeting: and Aaron's sons shall sprinkle its blood around on the altar.

{3:9} He shall offer from the sacrifice of peace offerings an offering made by fire to Yahweh; its fat
, the entire tail fat, he shall take away close to the backbone; and the fat that covers the inwards, and all the fat that is on the inwards,

{3:10} and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys, he shall take away.

{3:11} The priest shall burn it on the altar: it is the food
of the offering made by fire to Yahweh.

{3:12} "'If his offering is a goat
, then he shall offer it before Yahweh:

{3:13} and he shall lay his hand on its head, and kill it before the Tent of Meeting; and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle its blood around on the altar.

{3:14} He shall offer from it as his offering, an offering made by fire to Yahweh; the fat that covers the innards, and all the fat that is on the innards,

{3:15} and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys, he shall take away.

{3:16} The priest shall burn them on the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire, for a pleasant aroma; all the fat is Yahweh's.

{3:17} "'It shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings
, that you shall eat neither fat nor blood.'"

Leviticus  Chapter 3    Back    Next