All its fat shall be offered: the fat tail and the fat that covers the internal organs. The fat portions of the guilt offering include the fat tail — distinctive to the broad-tailed sheep that was the standard guilt offering animal — and the fat covering the internal organs. The same fat-to-God principle applies to the guilt offering as to the fellowship offering and the sin offering: the richest, most vital portions of the animal belong to God and are burned on the altar. The guilt offering's fat portions communicate that even when an offering is made in the context of reparation and restitution, the acknowledgment of God's claim on the richest portions remains.

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