“And he shall offer thereof his offering, even an offering made by fire unto the Lord; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,”
From what you offer you are to present this food offering to the Lord: the fat that covers the internal organs and all the fat that is connected to them. The fat that covers the internal organs of the goat — identical to the specification for the cattle in verse 3 — is God's portion of the goat fellowship offering. The same richest portions of the same organs are designated God's food in the same words for the goat as for the cattle and the lamb. The repetition communicates the consistent claim: wherever the fat of the vital organs is found in a fellowship offering, it belongs to God. The principle is not species-specific but universal within the offering system.
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