Just as the fat is removed from the ox sacrificed as a fellowship offering, and the priest shall burn them on the altar of burnt offering. The explicit comparison to the fellowship offering — just as the fat is removed from the ox sacrificed as a fellowship offering — grounds the sin offering fat-removal in the established pattern. The sin offering is not a departure from the fellowship offering's principles but an application of the same principles in a different context. Both offerings give the fat to God; both recognize God's claim on the richest portion of every sacrifice. The different purposes of the offerings do not produce different standards for what God receives.

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