“And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away.”
Both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver, which you are to remove with the kidneys. The kidneys and liver lobe of the goat are specified identically to those of the cattle and the lamb. The three-fold repetition of the same organ-fat specification across the three fellowship offering animals is the Levitical system's way of establishing an unambiguous standard: anyone offering any fellowship offering from any animal knows exactly which portions belong to God and which to the priests and the offerer.
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