as it is taken off of the bull of the sacrifice of peace offerings. The priest shall burn them on the altar of burnt offering.
Parallel translations
- KJV As it was taken off from the bullock of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall burn them upon the altar of the burnt offering.
- BSB just as the fat is removed from the ox of the peace offering. Then the priest shall burn them on the altar of burnt offering.
- NKJV as it was taken from the bull of the sacrifice of the peace offering; and the priest shall burn them on the altar of the burnt offering.
- NASB (just as it is removed from the ox of the sacrifice of peace offerings); and the priest is to offer them up in smoke on the altar of burnt offering.
- NLT just as he does with cattle offered as a peace offering, and burn them on the altar of burnt offerings.
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Quick answer
These fat portions are burned on the altar as with the peace offering. The choice portions ascend to God even in this sin offering.
Overview
The fat from the sin-offering bull is burned on the altar just as in the peace offering, showing the shared elements across the sacrificial system. While the offerings differed in purpose, God consistently received the choicest portions. This continuity prepares us to see Christ as the fulfillment of every sacrifice, the one offering that accomplishes what they all foreshadowed.
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Every sacrifice, every priest, and every day of atonement points beyond itself to the one perfect offering and the great High Priest who, by his own blood, makes the unclean holy once for all.
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