Leviticus 3:16 “Then the priest is to burn the food on the altar as a food offering, a…”

Leviticus 3:16

Then the priest is to burn the food on the altar as a food offering, a pleasing aroma. All the fat is the LORD’s.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet savour: all the fat is the LORD’s.

World English Bible

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 the LORD’s.

American Standard Version

And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire, for a sweet savor; all the fat is Jehovah’s.

Geneva Bible 1599

So the Priest shall burne them vpon the altar, as the meate of an offering made by fire for a sweete sauour: all the fatte is the Lordes.

Darby Translation

and the priest shall burn them on the altar: [it is] the food of the offering by fire for a sweet odour. All the fat [shall be] Jehovah's.

Young's Literal Translation

and the priest hath made them a perfume on the altar — bread of a fire-offering, for sweet fragrance; all the fat [is] Jehovah's.

Bible in Basic English

That it may be burned by the priest on the altar; it is the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet smell: all the fat is the Lord's.

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Cross references

“all the fat”

Leviticus 7:23–25 Leviticus 3:3–5 Leviticus 3:9–11 Leviticus 4:8–19 Leviticus 4:26 Leviticus 4:31

Leviticus 7:23–25 · BSB

“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘You are not to eat any of the fat of an ox, a sheep, or a goat.

Leviticus 3:3–5 · BSB

From the peace offering he is to bring a food offering to the LORD: the fat that covers the entrails, all the fat that is on them,

Leviticus 3:9–11 · BSB

And from the peace offering he shall bring a food offering to the LORD consisting of its fat: the entire fat tail cut off close to the backbone, the fat that covers the entrails, all the fat that is on them,

Leviticus 4:8–19 · BSB

Then he shall remove all the fat from the bull of the sin offering—the fat that covers the entrails, all the fat that is on them,

Leviticus 4:26 · BSB

He must burn all its fat on the altar, like the fat of the peace offerings; thus the priest will make atonement for that man’s sin, and he will be forgiven.

Leviticus 4:31 · BSB

Then he is to remove all the fat, just as it is removed from the peace offering, and the priest is to 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…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

15both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which he is to remove with the kidneys.

17This is a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live: You must not eat any fat or any blood.”

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