Leviticus 16:25
in Leviticus 16He is also to burn the fat of the sin offering on the altar.
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ASV
And the fat of the sin-offering shall he burn upon the altar.
KJV
And the fat of the sin offering shall he burn upon the altar.
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This verse in Leviticus 16
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
take off the linen garments he put on
on Leviticus 16:23-25
The linen is taken off and left in the holy place, worn once. He washes again, puts the golden garments back on, and comes out to offer the burnt offerings where the people can see. The clothes mark the change between the day's two halves.
This site's exposition
burn the fat of the sin offering on the altar
The sin offering is divided. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown note that its fat went up on the altar while the rest of the carcass was burned outside the camp. Leviticus 4:8 to 12 gives the same rule for sin offerings.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And the fat of the sin offering shall he burn upon the altar.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
The fat was ordered to be burnt upon the altar; the rest of the carcasses to be cut down and given to some priestly attendants to burn without the camp, in conformity with the general law for the sin offerings (Le 4:8-12;
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How the passage was read
On Leviticus 16:1-34On Leviticus 16:1-34
The day Israel still fasts
This chapter founds the Day of Atonement, in Hebrew Yom Kippur, the most solemn day of the Jewish year: the one day the high priest entered the innermost room of the sanctuary with blood for the nation's sins. With no Temple standing since AD 70, the day is kept now as a full fast: roughly 25 hours with no food or drink, most of it spent in synagogue prayer, many wearing white.
The Mishnah (the first code of Jewish oral law, about AD 200) defines the day's five abstentions: eating and drinking, washing, anointing, leather shoes, and marital relations (Yoma 8:1). It also carries a saying worth any reader's time: the day atones for sins between a person and God, “but for sins between a person and his fellow, the Day of Atonement does not atone until he has appeased his fellow” (Yoma 8:9). Reconciliation with people is homework done before the day.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Sources: Mishnah Yoma 8:1 (the five abstentions) · Mishnah Yoma 8:9 (appease your fellow first) · The Day of Atonement (this site's study)
The words behind it
5 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאֵ֛ת | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| חֵ֥לֶב | chelev | [the] fat of | H2459 → | 92 times |
| הַֽחַטָּ֖את | hachatat | the sin offering | H2403 → | 295 times |
| יַקְטִ֥יר | yaktir | he will make smoke | H6999 → | 116 times |
| הַמִּזְבֵּֽחָה׃ | hamizbechah | the altar towards | H4196 → | 401 times |
וְאֵ֛תand <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
חֵ֥לֶב[the] fat of
chelevH2459 →92 times
הַֽחַטָּ֖אתthe sin offering
hachatatH2403 →295 times
יַקְטִ֥ירhe will make smoke
yaktirH6999 →116 times
הַמִּזְבֵּֽחָה׃the altar towards
hamizbechahH4196 →401 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Leviticus 16:6Aaron is to present the bull for his sin offering and make atonement for himself and his household.
it leads to
- Leviticus 9:7
Then Moses said to Aaron, “Approach the altar and sacrifice your sin offering and your burnt offering to make atonement for yourself and for the people. And sacrifice the people’s offering to make atonement…
- Hebrews 9:7
But only the high priest entered the second room, and then only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.
- Ezekiel 43:27
At the end of these days, from the eighth day on, the priests are to present your burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar. Then I will accept you, declares the Lord GOD.’”
- Leviticus 9:7
Through
Exodus 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.
it leads to
- Leviticus 3:3–4
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,
- 1 Samuel 2:16
And if any man said to him, “The fat must be burned first; then you may take whatever you want,” the servant would reply, “No, you must give it to me right now. If…
- 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.
- Leviticus 4:35
And 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…
- Isaiah 34:6
The sword of the LORD is bathed in blood. It drips with fat—with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the LORD has a sacrifice in…
- Leviticus 3:3–4
Where this verse is studied
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About Leviticus
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Alfred Edersheim, The Temple: Its Ministry and Services; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).