LEV 3

Leviticus 3:9

WEB

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 entrails, and all the fat that is on the entrails,

BSB

And from the peace offering he shall bring an offering made by fire 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,

KJV

And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat thereof, and the whole rump, it shall he take off hard by the backbone; and the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,

Matthew Henry

Verses 6–17

Leviticus 3:6–17

Directions are here given concerning the peace-offering, if it was a sheep or a goat. Turtle-doves or young pigeons, which might be brought for whole burnt offerings, were not allowed for peace-offerings, because they have no fat considerable enough to be burnt upon the altar; and they would be next to nothing if they were to be divided according to the law of the peace-offerings. The laws concerning a lamb or goat offered for a peace offering are much the same with those concerning a bullock, and little now occurs here; but, 1. The rump of the mutton was to be burnt with the fat of the inwards upon the altar, the whole rump (Lev 3:9), because in those countries it was very fat and large. Some observe from this that, be a thing ever so contemptible, God can make it honourable, by applying it to his service. Thus God is said to give more abundant honour to that part which lacked, Co1 12:23, Co1 12:24. 2. That which was burnt upon the altar is called the food of the offering, Lev 3:11, Lev 3:16. It fed the holy fire; it was acceptable to God as our food is to us; and since in the tabernacle God did, as it were, keep house among them, by the offerings on the altar he kept a good table, as Solomon in his court, Kg1 4:22, etc. 3. Here is a general rule laid down, that all the fat is the Lord's (Lev 3:16), and a law made thereupon, that they should eat neither fat nor blood, no, not in their private houses, Lev 3:17. (1.) As for the fat, it is not meant of that which is interlarded with the meat (that they might eat, Neh 8:10), but the fat of the inwards, the suet, which was always God's part out of the sacrificed beasts; and therefore they must not eat of it, no, not out of the beasts that they killed for their common use. Thus would God preserve the honour of that which was sacred to himself. They must not only not feed upon that fat which was to be the food of the altar, but not upon any like it, lest the table of the Lord (as the altar is called), if something were not reserved peculiar to it, should become contemptible, and the fruit thereof, even its meat, contemptible, Mal 1:7, Mal 1:12. (2.) The blood was universally forbidden likewise, for the same reason that the fat was, because it was God's part of every sacrifice. The heathen drank the blood of their sacrifices; hence we read of their drink-offerings of blood, Psa 16:4. But God would not permit the blood, that made atonement, to be used as a common thing (Heb 10:29), nor will he allow us, though we have the comfort of the atonement made, to assume to ourselves any share in the honour of making it. He that glories, let him glory in the Lord, and to his praise let all the blood be poured out.

Cross-references: Lev 3:9 · 1Cor 12:23 · 1Cor 12:24 · Lev 3:11 · Lev 3:16 · 1Kgs 4:22 · Lev 3:17 · Neh 8:10 · Mal 1:7 · Mal 1:12 · Ps 16:4 · Heb 10:29

Hebrew interlinear

H7126

קָרַבqârab/kaw-rab'/

v — approach, bring near

Derivation: a primitive root;

to approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose

KJV: (cause to) approach, (cause to) bring (forth, near), (cause to) come (near, nigh), (cause to) draw near (nigh), go (near), be at hand, join, be near, offer, present, produce, make ready, stand, take.

קָרֵב

vb — come near

[קָרֵב], קָרַב 279 vb. come near, approach

Qal 93 approach

Niph. he shall be brought unto God

Pi. cause to approach, bring near

Hiph. 177

1.

a. bring near, bring, present

b. of time

2. as term techn. (c. 158 t.), chiefly Ez HP, bring near, of presenting, dedicating, or offering to י׳

H2077

זֶבַחzebach/zeh'-bakh/

n-m — slaughter, flesh, sacrifice

Derivation: from 2076;

properly, a slaughter, i.e. the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)

KJV: offer(-ing), sacrifice.

זֶ֫בַח

n.m — sacrifice

זֶ֫בַח 162 n.m. sacrifice

I. general name for all sacrifices eaten at feasts

1. of the God of Israel

2. of other deities

II. there are several kinds which are gradually distinguished

1. the covenant sacrifice, between Jacob and Laban

2. the passover

3. annual sacrifice

4. thank offering

5. in ritual of H & P

6. the slaughter of hostile nations

7. the verb used

H8002

שֶׁלֶםshelem/sheh'-lem/

n-m — requital, thanks

Derivation: from 7999;

properly, requital, i.e. a (voluntary) sacrifice in thanks

KJV: peace offering.

שֶׁ֫לֶם

n.[m.] — sacrifice for alliance

שֶׁ֫לֶם 87 n.[m.] sacrifice for alliance or friendship, ‘peace-offering

H801

אִשָּׁהʼishshâh/ish-shaw'/

n-m — burnt-offering, sacrifice

Derivation: the same as 800, but used in a liturgical sense;

properly, a burnt-offering; but occasionally of any sacrifice

KJV: (offering, sacrifice), (made) by fire.

אִשֶּׁה

n.m — an offering made by fire

אִשֶּׁה n.m. an offering made by fire

H3068

יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâh/yeh-ho-vaw'/

n-pr — Existent, Jeho-vah

Derivation: from 1961;

(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God

KJV: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.

יהוה

n.pr.dei — God

יהוה c. 6823 i.e. יַהְוֶה n.pr.dei Yahweh, the proper name of the God of Israel—(1. MT יְהֹוָה 6518 (Qr אֲדֹנָי), or יֱהֹוִה 305 (Qr אֱלֹהִים) 2. Many recent scholars explain יַהְוֶה as Hiph. of הוה (= היה) the one bringing into being, life-giver)

I. יהוה is not used by E in Gn, but is given Ex 3:12-15 as the name of the God who revealed Himself to Moses at Horeb

II.

1. יהוה is used with אלהים and suffixes, especially in D

2. the phrase † אֲנִי יהוה is noteworthy

3. יהוה is also used with several predicates, to form sacred names of holy places of Yahweh

H2459

חֶלֶבcheleb/kheh'-leb/

n-m — fat, richest, choice

Derivation: or חֵלֶב; from an unused root meaning to be fat;

fat, whether literally or figuratively; hence, the richest or choice part

KJV: × best, fat(-ness), × finest, grease, marrow.

חֵ֫לֶב

n.m — fat

חֵ֫לֶב n.m. fat

1. fat of human body

2. fat of beasts

3. choicest, best part of products of land

H451

אַלְיָהʼalyâh/al-yaw'/

n-f — stout, tail

Derivation: from 422 (in the original sense of strength);

the stout part, i.e. the fat tail of the Oriental sheep

KJV: rump.

אַלְיָה

n.f — fat tail

אַלְיָה n.f. fat tail of sheep, still accounted a delicacy in the East

H8549

תָּמִיםtâmîym/taw-meem'/

a — entire, integrity, truth

Derivation: from 8552;

entire (literally, figuratively or morally); also (as noun) integrity, truth

KJV: without blemish, complete, full, perfect, sincerely (-ity), sound, without spot, undefiled, upright(-ly), whole.

תָּמִים

adj — complete

תָּמִים 91 adj. complete, sound

1. complete, whole, entire

2. whole, sound, healthful

3. complete, entire, of time

4. sound, wholesome, unimpaired, innocent, having integrity

5. as neuter adj. = subst. what is complete, entirely in accord with truth and fact

H5980

עֻמָּהʻummâh/oom-maw'/

n-f — conjunction, society, near, beside, along with

Derivation: from 6004;

conjunction, i.e. society; mostly adverb or preposition (with prepositional prefix), near, beside, along with

KJV: (over) against, at, beside, hard by, in points.

עֻמָּה

n.f — juxtaposition

[עֻמָּה] n.f. juxtaposition, but only in st. c. with force of prep. close by, side by side with, parallel to, agreeing with, corresponding to

H6096

עָצֶהʻâtseh/aw-tseh'/

n-m — spine, firmness

Derivation: from 6095;

the spine (as giving firmness to the body)

KJV: backbone.

עָצֶה

n.[m.] — spine

עָצֶה n.[m.] either spine or os sacrum, bone close to fat-tail, הֶע׳ Lv 3:9.

H5493

סוּרçûwr/soor/

v — turn

Derivation: or שׂוּר; (Hosea 9:12), a primitive root;

to turn off (literally or figuratively)

KJV: be(-head), bring, call back, decline, depart, eschew, get (you), go (aside), × grievous, lay away (by), leave undone, be past, pluck away, put (away, down), rebel, remove (to and fro), revolt, × be sour, take (away, off), turn (aside, away, in), withdraw, be without.

סוּר

vb — turn aside

סוּר and [שׂוּר] 300 vb. turn aside

Qal

1. turn aside, out of one's course

2. depart

3. of lifeless things = be removed

4. = come to an end

Pô‛lēl he turned aside my ways (my steps)

Hiph.

1. cause to (turn aside,) depart, common word for remove, take away

2. rarer uses

Pô‛lēl be taken away, removed

H853

אֵתʼêth/ayth/

prt — self, even, namely

Derivation: apparent contracted from 226 in the demonstrative sense of entity;

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

KJV: [as such unrepresented in English].

אֵת

mark of the accusative

אֵת the mark of the accusative, prefixed as a rule only to nouns that are definite

H3680

כָּסָהkâçâh/kaw-saw'/

v — plump, fill up, cover

Derivation: a primitive root;

properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)

KJV: clad self, close, clothe, conceal, cover (self), (flee to) hide, overwhelm. Compare 3780.

כָּסָה

vb — cover

[כָּסָה] vb. cover

Qal

1. conceal

2. pass. (cstr.) covered in respect of sin (by God, which he thus puts out of sight)

Niph. covered

Pi.

1. cover, clothe

2. cover, conceal blood

3. cover (with covering of protection)

4. cover, spread over

5. cover, overwhelm

6. cover over

Pual.

1. be covered

2. be clothed

Hithp. cover, clothe oneself

H7130

קֶרֶבqereb/keh'-reb/

n-m — nearest, center

Derivation: from 7126;

properly, the nearest part, i.e. the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)

KJV: × among, × before, bowels, × unto charge, eat (up), × heart, × him, × in, inward (× -ly, part, -s, thought), midst, out of, purtenance, × therein, × through, × within self.

קֶ֫רֶב

n.[m.] — inward part

קֶ֫רֶב 227 n.[m.] inward part, midst

H3605

כֹּלkôl/kole/

n-m — whole, all, any, every

Derivation: or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from 3634;

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

KJV: (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).

כֹּל

n.m — the whole

כֹּל once כּוֹל n.m. the whole, all

1. with foll. gen. (as usually) the whole of, to be rendered, however, often in our idiom, to avoid stiffness, any or every

2. Absolutely:

a. without the art., all things, all

b. with the art. הַכֹּל

(a). where the sense is limited by the context to things (or persons) just mentioned

(b). in a wider sense, all, whether of all mankind or of all living things, the universe, or of all the circumstances of life (chiefly late)

H834

אֲשֶׁרʼăsher/ash-er'/

r — who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

Derivation: a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number);

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.

KJV: × after, × alike, as (soon as), because, × every, for, + forasmuch, + from whence, + how(-soever), × if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), × though, + until, + whatsoever, when, where (+ -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, + whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.

אֲשֶׁר

part. of relation — who

אֲשֶׁר part. of relation A sign of relation, bringing the clause introduced by it into relation with an antecedent clause.

בַאֲשֶׁר

adv — in which

בַאֲשֶׁר

a. in (that) which

b. adv. in (the place) where

c. conj. in that, inasmuch as

d. on account of whom?

כַּאֲשֶׁר

conj — according as

כַּאֲשֶׁר conj. according as, as, when

1. according to that which, according as, as

2. with a causal force, in so far as, since

3. with a temporal force, when

מֵאֲשֶׁר

adv — who

מֵאֲשֶׁר

a. from (or than) that which

b. adv. from (the place) where

c. conj. from (the fact) that …, since

H5921

עַלʻal/al/

prep — above, over, upon, against

Derivation: properly, the same as 5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following);

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

KJV: above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, × as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, × both and, by (reason of), × had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, × with.

כִּי עַל כֵּן

forasmuch as

כִּי עַל כֵּן forasmuch as

עַל

subst — above

עַל, עָ֑ל

I. subst. height

II. As prep. upon, and hence on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against

1. Upon, of the substratum upon which an object in any way rests, or on which an action is performed

a.

(a). of clothing, etc., which any one wears

(b). With verbs of covering or protecting, even though the cover or veil be not over or above the thing covered, but around or before it

b. Of what rests heavily upon a person, or is a burden to him

c. Of a duty, payment, care, etc., imposed upon a person, or devolving on him

d. על is used idiom. to give pathos to the expression of an emotion, by emphasizing the person who is its subject, and who, as it were, feels it acting upon him

e. חָיָה עַל to live upon (as upon a foundation or support)

f. Of the ground or basis, on which a thing is done

2. It expresses excess

3. It denotes elevation or pre-eminence

4. It expresses addition

5. It expresses the idea of being extended, or suspended over anything, without however being in contact with it, above, over

6. From the sense of inclining or impending over, על comes to denote contiguity or proximity, Engl. by (or sts. on)

7. In connection with verbs of motion (actual or fig.)

8. By writers of the silver age, על is sts. used with the force of a dative

9. With other particles:

III. As conj.

a. עַל אֲשֶׁר because that

b. עַל כִּי similar in meaning, but less frequent

c. עַל alone:

(a). because

(b). notwithstanding that, although

IV. Compounds:

1. with כְּ (rare and late)

a. as concerning, as upon

b. the like of their deeds is the like of (that which) he will repay

2. מֵעַל from upon, from over, from by

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