“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.”
The priest is to burn them on the altar as a food offering, a pleasing aroma. All the fat is the Lord's. The declaration all the fat is the Lord's is the theological summary of the entire fellowship offering fat-portion system. Not some of the fat, not most of the fat, but all the fat belongs to God. The three animal categories are completed, and the underlying principle is stated as a universal claim. Ezekiel 44:15 describes the faithful Levitical priests who continued to offer the fat and the blood — the fat and blood that belong to the Lord are the two substances that define the covenant's sacrificial offering.
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