“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,”
From the fellowship offering you are to bring a food offering to the Lord: its fat, the entire fat tail cut off close to the backbone, the fat that covers the internal organs and all the fat that is connected to them. The lamb's fat portions include the entire fat tail — a distinctive feature of the broad-tailed sheep that were common in the ancient Near East, whose fat tail was a significant portion of the animal's rich fat reserves. The fat tail cut off close to the backbone is entirely God's portion. The comprehensiveness of the fat portions given to God communicates the completeness of what is rendered: no significant fat reserve is retained by the offerer; the richest portions go to the Lord.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
Publish a note on this verse
0/2000
No notes on this verse yet. Be the first to write one!