Leviticus 3:11
Then the priest is to burn them on the altar as food, an offering made by fire to the LORD.
BSB
ASV
And the priest shall burn it upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire unto Jehovah.
KJV
And the priest shall burn it upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire unto the Lord.
And the priest shall burn it upon the altar,.... The fat of the tail, of the inwards, the two kidneys, and the caul of the liver: it is the food of the offering made by fire unto the Lord; or "bread"; this part of the offering that was burnt belonged to the Lord; it was his food, and what was accepted of by him, and therefore is elsewhere called the bread of God, Lev 21:8.
It is the food of the offering - We have already remarked that God is frequently represented as feasting with his people on the sacrifices they offered; and because these sacrifices were consumed by that fire which was kindled from heaven, therefore they were considered as the food of that fire, or rather of the Divine Being who was represented by it. “In the same idiom of speech,” says Dodd, “the gods of the heathens are said, Deu 32:38, to eat the fat and drink the wine which were consumed on their altars.
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Leviticus 21:8You are to regard him as holy, since he presents the food of your God. He shall be holy to you, because I the LORD am holy—I who set you apart.
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Consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am the LORD your God.
“Speak to the whole congregation of Israel and tell them: Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.
For I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any creature that crawls along the ground.
They must be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God. Because they present to the LORD the offerings made by fire, the food of their God, they must be…
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Leviticus 3:16Then 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.
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Even 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…
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“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘You are not to eat any of the fat of an ox, a sheep, or a goat.
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Leviticus 3:5Then 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 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…
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Leviticus 21:6They must be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God. Because they present to the LORD the offerings made by fire, the food of their God, they must be…
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You must not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.