Then the priest must remove all the animal’s fat and burn it on the altar,
Parallel translations
- WEB All its fat he shall take from it, and burn it on the altar.
- KJV And he shall take all his fat from him, and burn it upon the altar.
- BSB And he is to remove all the fat from it and burn it on the altar.
- NKJV He shall take all the fat from it and burn it on the altar.
- NASB And he shall remove all its fat from it and offer it up in smoke on the altar.
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Quick answer
All the fat is removed and burned on the altar. The choicest portions are given to God in the congregation's sin offering.
Overview
As in every offering, the fat is taken from the bull and burned to God on the altar. The consistent reservation of the fat for the LORD continues even in atoning for the people's sin. This unbroken pattern underscores that God receives the best, and that the whole sacrificial system, in all its detail, points to the perfect offering of Christ.
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Cross-references · 12
- Lev 12:8If she cannot afford a lamb, then she shall take two turtledoves, or two young pigeons; the one for a burnt offering, and the other for a sin offering: and the priest shall make atonement for her, and she shall be clean.’”
- Heb 1:3His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purified us of our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
- Lev 6:7The priest shall make atonement for him before Yahweh, and he will be forgiven concerning whatever he does to become guilty.”
- Lev 4:26All its fat he shall burn on the altar, like the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin, and he will be forgiven.
- Lev 14:18The rest of the oil that is in the priest’s hand he shall put on the head of him who is to be cleansed, and the priest shall make atonement for him before Yahweh.
- Lev 4:31All its fat he shall take away, like the fat is taken away from off of the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it on the altar for a pleasant aroma to Yahweh; and the priest shall make atonement for him, and he will be forgiven.
- Heb 9:14how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without defect to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
- Ps 22:14I am poured out like water. All my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax; it is melted within me.
- Lev 4:35All its fat he shall take away, like the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn them on the altar, on the offerings of Yahweh made by fire; and the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin that he has sinned, and he will be forgiven.
- Lev 4:8–10He shall take all the fat of the bull of the sin offering off of it; the fat that covers the innards, and all the fat that is on the innards,
- Lev 5:6and he shall bring his trespass offering to Yahweh for his sin which he has sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a goat, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin.
- Num 15:25The priest shall make atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and they shall be forgiven; for it was an error, and they have brought their offering, an offering made by fire to Yahweh, and their sin offering before Yahweh, for their error.
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