Fat

How Nave’s arranged it

• Offered in sacrificeExodus 23:18Exodus 29:13Exodus 29:22Leviticus 1:8Leviticus 3:3–5Leviticus 3:9–11Leviticus 3:14–16Leviticus 4:8–10Leviticus 7:3–5Leviticus 8:16Leviticus 8:25Leviticus 8:26Leviticus 10:15Leviticus 17:61 Samuel 2:151 Samuel 2:16Isaiah 43:24
• Belonged to the LordLeviticus 3:16
• Forbidden as foodLeviticus 3:16Leviticus 3:17Leviticus 7:23
• Idolatrous sacrifices ofDeuteronomy 32:38
• FIGURATIVEGenesis 45:18Genesis 49:20Psalms 37:20Psalms 81:16Isaiah 25:6

The passages, in Bible order (26)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 45:18

   Then bring your father and your families and return to me. I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you shall eat from the fat of the land.’

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2. Genesis 49:20

   Asher’s food will be rich; he shall provide royal delicacies.

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3. Exodus 23:18

   You must not offer the blood of My sacrifices with anything leavened, nor may the fat of My feast remain until morning.

   ›Commentary on Exodus 23:182 voices

   “Three times . . . keep a feast . . . in the year--This was the institution of the great religious festivals--"The feast of unleavened bread," or the passover--"the feast of harvest," or pentecost--"the feast of ingathering," or the feast of tabernacles, which was a memorial of the dwelling in booths in the wilderness, and which was observed in the seventh month (Ex 12:2).

   “The blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread - The sacrifice here mentioned is undoubtedly the Passover; (see Exo 34:25); this is called by way of eminence My sacrifice, because God had instituted it for that especial purpose, the redemption of Israel from the Egyptian bondage, and because it typified The Lamb Of God, who taketh away the sin of the world. We have already seen how strict the prohibition against leaven was during this festival, and what was signified by it. See on Exodus 12 (note).

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4. Exodus 29:13

   Take all the fat that covers the entrails and the lobe of the liver, and both kidneys with the fat on them, and burn them on the altar.

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5. Exodus 29:22

   Take the fat from the ram, the fat tail, the fat covering the entrails, the lobe of the liver, both kidneys with the fat on them, and the right thigh (since this is a ram for ordination),

   ›Commentary on Exodus 29:222 voices

   “Hence under the divine law the priest receives the shoulder for sacrifice, and this the right one and separate; to signify that his action should be not only profitable, but even singular; and that he should not merely do what is right among bad men, but transcend even the well-doers among those that are under him in the virtue of his conduct, as he surpasses them in the dignity of his order.

   “The fat and the rump - The rump or tail of some of the eastern sheep is the best part of the animal, and is counted a great delicacy.

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6. Leviticus 1:8

   Then Aaron’s sons the priests are to arrange the pieces, including the head and the fat, atop the burning wood on the altar.

   ›Commentary on Leviticus 1:81 voice

   “The priests - shall lay the parts - The sacrifice was divided according to its larger joints. 1. After its blood was poured out, and the skin removed, the head was cut off. 2. They then opened it and took out the omentum, or caul, that invests the intestines. 3. They took out the intestines with the mesentery, and washed them well, as also the fat. 4. They then placed the four quarters upon the altar, covered them with the fat, laid the remains of the intestines upon them, and then laid the head above all.

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7. Leviticus 3:3–5

   From the peace offering he is to bring an offering made by fire to the LORD: the fat that covers the entrails, all the fat that is on them,

   ›Commentary on Leviticus 3:3–51 voice

   “The fat that covereth the inwards” refers to the caul or transparent membrane which has upon it a network of fatty tissue: “the fat upon the inwards” refers to the small lumps of suet found upon the intestines of healthy animals.

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8. Leviticus 3:9–11

   And from the peace offering he shall bring an offering made by fire to the LORD consisting of its fat: the entire fat tail cut off close to the backbone, the fat that covers the entrails, all the fat that is on them,

   ›Commentary on Leviticus 3:9–112 voices

   “And by the precept of the law, the tail of the victim is commanded to be offered in sacrifice. In the tail, of course, is the end of the body; and he sacrifices well who brings the sacrifice of a good work to the end of the required action.

   “The whole rump - The whole fat tail: i. e., the tail of the kind of sheep well known in the East, and often weighing 15 lbs. and even as much as 50 lbs., when the sheep has been increased by artificial fattening.

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9. Leviticus 3:14–16

   And from his offering he shall present an offering made by fire to the LORD: the fat that covers the entrails, all the fat that is on them,

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10. Leviticus 3:16

    Then the priest is to burn the food on the altar as an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma. All the fat is the LORD’s.

    ›Commentary on Leviticus 3:162 voices

    “Shall burn them - The parts mentioned, among which the tail is not one, as it was in the sheep. because that in goats is a refuse part. All the fat - This is to be limited, 1. To those beasts, which were offered or offerable in sacrifice, as it is explained, chap. vii, 23, 25.

    “Rather, as food of an offering made by fire for a sweet savour, shall all the fat be for Yahweh. Our bodily taste and smell furnish figures of the satisfaction with which the Lord accepts the appointed symbols of the true worship of the heart.

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11. Leviticus 3:17

    This is a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live: You must not eat any fat or any blood.”

    ›Commentary on Leviticus 3:172 voices

    “Blood - Was forbidden partly to maintain reverence to God and his worship; partly out of opposition to idolaters, who used to drink the blood of their sacrifices; partly with respect to Christ's Blood, thereby manifestly signified.

    “Blood - See Lev 17:11 note. Throughout all your dwellings - The suet was neither to be eaten in sacrificial meals in the sanctuary, nor in ordinary meals in private houses.

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12. Leviticus 4:8–10

    Then he shall remove all the fat from the bull of the sin offering—the fat that covers the entrails, all the fat that is on them,

    ›Commentary on Leviticus 4:8–101 voice

    “By this the intention of the offering and of the atonement made by it was directed to the glory of God, who, having been dishonoured by the sin, was thus honoured by the sacrifice. It signified the sharp sufferings of our Lord Jesus, when he was made sin (that is, a sin-offering) for us, especially the sorrows of his soul and his inward agonies.

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13. Leviticus 7:3–5

    And all the fat from it shall be offered: the fat tail, the fat that covers the entrails,

    ›Commentary on Leviticus 7:3–51 voice

    “And he shall offer of it all the fat thereof,.... To the Lord, that being claimed by him, as in the peace offerings of the herd, and of the flock, whether a bullock or cow, a lamb or a goat, Lev 3:3, &c. and in the sin offering of the bullock, Lev 1:8, and the rump, or tail, which of sheep and rams, for the trespass offering, was very large and fat in those countries; See Gill on Exo 29:22, Lev 3:9, and the fat that covereth the inwards; called the "omentum".

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14. Leviticus 7:23

    “Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘You are not to eat any of the fat of an ox, a sheep, or a goat.

    ›Commentary on Leviticus 7:232 voices

    “The general prohibition of eating fat, chap. iii, 17, is here explained of those kind of creatures which were sacrificed. The fat of others they might eat.

    “The Jews say, "If a man eat so much as an olive of forbidden fat--if he do it presumptuously, he is in danger of being cut off by the hand of God--if ignorantly, he is to bring a sin-offering, and so to pay dearly for his carelessness." To eat of the flesh of that which died of itself, or was torn of beasts, was unlawful; but to eat of the fat of such was doubly unlawful,

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15. Leviticus 8:16

    Moses also took all the fat that was on the entrails, the lobe of the liver, and both kidneys and their fat, and burned it all on the altar.

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16. Leviticus 8:25

    And Moses took the fat—the fat tail, all the fat that was on the entrails, the lobe of the liver, and both kidneys with their fat—as well as the right thigh.

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