Daniel P. Barron

1 'And if his offering is a sacrifice of a peace offering, ⁱ if he brings from the herd, ⁱⁱ if male, if female, he shall bring a perfect one before Yehvah. 2 And he shall lay his hand upon the head ⁱⁱⁱ of his offering, and slaughter it at the door of the tent of meeting. And the priests, the sons of Aaron, shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar all around. 3 And he shall bring from the sacrifice of the peace offering a fire offering to Yehvah, the fat which covers the entrails, and all the fat which is upon the entrails, 4 and the two kidneys, and the fat which is upon them which is upon the loins, ^iv and the lobe ^v upon the liver above the kidneys; he shall remove it. ^vi 5 And the sons of Aaron shall cause it to smoke as incense on the altar upon the burnt offering which is upon the wood which is upon the fire, a fire offering, a soothing aroma to Yehvah.'

6 'And if his offering for a peace offering to Yehvah is from the flock, he shall bring a perfect male or female. 7 And if a lamb, he shall bring his offering and he shall bring it to Yehvah. 8 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering and slaughter it before the tent of meeting, and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle its blood upon the altar all around. 9 And he shall bring from the sacrifice of the peace offering, a fire offering to Yehvah, its fat, the whole fat tail by the backbone; he shall remove it. And the fat which covers the entrails and all the fat which is upon the entrails, 10 and the two kidneys and the fat which is upon them which is upon the loins and the lobe upon the liver above ^vii the kidneys, he shall remove it. ^viii 11 And the priest shall cause it to smoke as incense on the altar as food, ^ix a fire offering to Yehvah.

12 And if a goat, his offering, he shall bring it to Yehvah. 13 And he shall lay his hand upon its head and slaughter it before the tent of meeting, and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle its blood upon the altar all around. 14 And he shall bring from it, his offering, a fire offering to Yehvah, the fat which covers the entrails and all the fat which is upon the entrails. 15 And the two kidneys and the fat which is upon them which is upon the loins and the lobe upon the liver above the kidneys; he shall remove it. 16 And the priest shall bring them to the altar as food, a fire offering, for a soothing aroma, all the fat to Yehvah. 17 An enduring ^x statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings all fat ^xi and all blood ^xii you shall not eat.'"

Leviticus 2 - Leviticus 4

Translated by Darwin Fish. See original pdf. ^xiii

1. שְׁלָמִים (shelâmiym) - "peace offering" ^
2. בָּקָר (bâqâr) - “herd” ^
3. See footnote for Leviticus 1:4. ^
4. כְּסָלִים (kesâliym) - "loins" NAS, (KJV, NKJV "flanks") - from כֶּסֶל (kesel) - This word is used in this way also in Leviticus 3:10, 15; 4:9; 7:4; Job 15:27 (NKJV "waist"); and Psalm 38:7 (NKJV "loins"). It is also used in the sense of "folly" (NKJV) in Ecclesiastes 7:25 (this verse also has סִּכְלוּת, sikhlut, "foolishness" NKJV); and Psalm 49:13 ("foolish" NKJV); and also in the sense of confidence in Job 8:14; 31:24; Proverbs 3:26; Psalm 78:7. One word for fool in the Hebrew is כְּסִיל (kesiyl), e.g. Proverbs 1:22; 10:23; 18:2. ^
5. הַיֹּתֶרֶת (hayoteret) - “the lobe” - KJV “caul,” NKJV “fatty lobe,” NAS “lobe,” BDB gives “appendage.” ^
6. Anything symbolic (Hebrews 9:9) of all these parts? See perhaps Psalm 50:22. ^
7. עַל (`al) - "above" - this is the same word used here for "upon" as well. ^
8. יְסִירֶנָּה (yesiyrennâh) - "he shall remove it" - "it" refers to the fat. ^
9. לֶחֶם (lechem) - "food" - more literally, "bread" - used in the sense of food, e.g. Judges 13:16 (see 15); 1 Samuel 14:24, 28 (see 25-26 also). ^
10. עוֹלָם (`olâm) - "enduring" - this word can mean "forever" eternally, e.g. (Deuteronomy 33:27 "everlasting;" Psalm 93:2; Proverbs 8:23) or "forever" under the sun, e.g. Exodus 21:6; Leviticus 25:32 (at any time); 46 (permanent); Deuteronomy 15:17; 1 Samuel 27:12. ^
11. חֵלֶב (chêlev) - “fat” - see also Leviticus 7:22-25 and 1 Samuel 2:15-16. ^
12. This has been established since Genesis 9:2-4 (see footnote). See also Leviticus 7:26-27; 17:10-14; 19:26; Deuteronomy 12:16, 23; 15:23; 1 Samuel 14:32-34; Ezekiel 33:25. In light of these, John 6:53-56 must have been quite a shock to the Jews! See also Acts 15:20, 29; 21:25; Revelation 16:4-6. ^
13. Mirrored here. ^