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Leviticus 3:5

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Then Aaron’s sons are to burn it on the altar atop the burnt offering that is on the burning wood, as an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And Aaron’s sons shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt-offering, which is upon the wood that is on the fire: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah.

KJV

And Aaron’s sons shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt sacrifice, which is upon the wood that is on the fire: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord.

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This verse in Leviticus 3

Commentary

7 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Aaron’s sons shall burn it - As the fat was deemed the most valuable part of the animal, it was offered in preference to all other parts; and the heathens probably borrowed this custom from the Jews, for they burnt the omentum or caul in honor of their gods.

This site's exposition

the fat that covereth the inwards

on Leviticus 3:3-5

The parts claimed are inward parts nobody sees, the fat over the entrails, the two kidneys with the fat by the flanks, and the caul above the liver. Verse 5 lays them on the burnt sacrifice already burning, so the peace offering goes onto a fire the daily offering lit. It is called a sweet savour, a phrase that falls sixteen times in Leviticus and never once on the sin offering or the trespass offering.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

After it; for the daily burnt-offering was first to be offered, both as more eminently respecting God's honour; and as the most solemn and stated sacrifice, which should take place of all occasional oblations, and as a sacrifice of an higher nature, being for atonement, without which no peace could be obtained, nor peace offering offered with acceptance.
And Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

The great sacrifice of peace, that of the Lamb of God which takes away the sins of the world, prepares the altar for our sacrifices of praise, which are not accepted till we are reconciled. Now the burning of this fat is supposed to signify, (1.) The offering up of our good affections to God in all our prayers and praises.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

To command by an express law the tail of a certain sheep to be offered in sacrifice to God, might well surprise us; but the wonder ceases, when we are told of those broad-tailed Eastern sheep, and of the extreme delicacy of that part which was so particularly specified in the statute [PAXTON].
Upon the burnt sacrifice - Upon the ashes of the continual burnt-offering Exo 29:38, in accordance with Lev 6:12.

The words behind it

17 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְהִקְטִ֨ירוּand they will make smoke

    vehiktiruH6999 →116 times

  • אֹת֤וֹ<obj.> it

    ʾotoH853 →10935 times

  • בְנֵֽי־[the] sons of

    venei-H1121 →4930 times

  • אַהֲרֹן֙Aaron

    ʾaharonH175 →347 times

  • הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חָהthe altar towards

    hamizbechahH4196 →401 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • הָ֣עֹלָ֔הthe burnt offering

    haolahH5930 →287 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • עַל־[is] on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • הָעֵצִ֖יםthe wood<s>

    haetzimH6086 →328 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • עַל־[are] on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • הָאֵ֑שׁthe fire

    haeshH784 →378 times

  • אִשֵּׁ֛הa fire offering of

    ʾishehH801 →65 times

  • רֵ֥יחַan odor of

    reiachH7381 →58 times

  • נִיחֹ֖חַsoothing

    nichoachH5207 →43 times

  • לַֽיהוָֽה׃ פto Yahweh

    layahwehH3068 →6520 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Leviticus 6:12The fire on the altar shall be kept burning; it must not be extinguished. Every morning the priest is to add wood to the fire, arrange the burnt offering on it, and burn the fat portions of the peace offerings on it.6 worksLeviticus 4:26He must burn all its fat on the altar, like the fat of the peace offerings; thus the priest will make atonement for that man’s sin, and he will be forgiven.4 worksLeviticus 22:22You are not to present to the LORD any animal that is blind, injured, or maimed, or anything with a running sore, a festering rash, or a scab; you must not put any of these on the altar as an offering made by fire to the LORD.4 worksLeviticus 3:11Then the priest is to burn them on the altar as food, an offering made by fire to the LORD.4 works1 Peter 2:5you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.3 worksExodus 29:13Take 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.3 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
Leviticus 7:31The priest is to burn the fat on the altar, but the breast belongs to Aaron and his sons.3 worksLeviticus 4:31Then he is to remove all the fat, just as it is removed from the peace offering, and the priest is to burn it on the altar as a pleasing aroma to the LORD. In this way the priest will make atonement for him, and he will be forgiven.2 works1 Samuel 2:15–16Even before the fat was burned, the servant of the priest would come and say to the man who was sacrificing, “Give the priest some meat to roast, because he will not accept boiled meat from you, but only raw.”2 worksLeviticus 1:9The entrails and legs must be washed with water, and the priest shall burn all of it on the altar as a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.2 worksEzekiel 44:7In addition to all your other abominations, you brought in foreigners uncircumcised in both heart and flesh to occupy My sanctuary; you defiled My temple when you offered My food—the fat and the blood; you broke My covenant.2 works2 Chronicles 35:14Afterward, they made preparations for themselves and for the priests, since the priests, the descendants of Aaron, were offering up burnt offerings and fat until nightfall. So the Levites made preparations for themselves and for the priests, the descendants of Aaron.2 worksLeviticus 7:29–34“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘Anyone who presents a peace offering to the LORD must bring it as his sacrifice to the LORD.2 worksLeviticus 4:35And he shall remove all the fat, just as the fat of the lamb is removed from the peace offerings, and he shall burn it on the altar along with the offerings made by fire to the LORD. In this way the priest will make atonement for him for the sin he has committed, and he will be forgiven.2 works1 Kings 8:64On that same day the king consecrated the middle of the courtyard in front of the house of the LORD, and there he offered the burnt offerings, the grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, since the bronze altar before the LORD was too small to contain all these offerings.2 worksExodus 29:38–42This is what you are to offer regularly on the altar, each day: two lambs that are a year old.2 worksLeviticus 9:9–10The sons of Aaron brought the blood to him, and he dipped his finger in the blood and applied it to the horns of the altar. And he poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.2 worksEzekiel 44:15But the Levitical priests, who are descended from Zadok and who kept charge of My sanctuary when the Israelites went astray from Me, are to approach Me to minister before Me. They will stand before Me to offer Me fat and blood, declares the Lord GOD.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    1 Peter 2:5

    you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

    it leads to

    • Ephesians 2:20–22

      built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.

    • 1 Peter 2:9

      But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

    • 1 Corinthians 3:9

      For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.

    • Revelation 5:10

      You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign upon the earth.”

    • 1 Corinthians 3:16

      Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?

  • Through

    Leviticus 4:31

    Then he is to remove all the fat, just as it is removed from the peace offering, and the priest is to burn it on the altar as a pleasing aroma to the LORD.…

    it leads to

    • Leviticus 4:26

      He must burn all its fat on the altar, like the fat of the peace offerings; thus the priest will make atonement for that man’s sin, and he will be forgiven.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Through

    Leviticus 6:12

    The fire on the altar shall be kept burning; it must not be extinguished. Every morning the priest is to add wood to the fire, arrange the burnt offering on it, and burn the…

    it leads to

    • Leviticus 9:24

      Fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed the burnt offering and the fat portions on the altar. And when all the people saw it, they shouted for joy and fell…

    • Exodus 29:38–42

      This is what you are to offer regularly on the altar, each day: two lambs that are a year old.

About Leviticus

Moses and Aaron Appear before Pharaoh, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Moses and Aaron Appear before Pharaoh, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Leviticus: the study guide →Read Leviticus 3 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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