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Leviticus 8:16

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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.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And he took all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the caul of the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat; and Moses burned it upon the altar.

KJV

And he took all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and Moses burned it upon the altar.

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This verse in Leviticus 8

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

Moses also took all the fat that was on the entrails

on Leviticus 8:16-17

The fat burns on the altar and the rest of the bull is burned outside the camp. Leviticus 4:11-12 sends a priest's own sin offering out of the camp, so these men receive nothing back from the animal brought for themselves.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And he took all the fat that was upon the inwards,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

brought the bullock for the sin offering, &c.--a timely expression of their sense of unworthiness--a public and solemn confession of their personal sins and a transference of their guilt to the typical victim.

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How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

הכבד [AND THE LOBE OF] THE LIVER — i. e. he took it (the lobe) besides some of the liver — it means that he took a little of the liver with it (the lobe).
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on Leviticus 8:16:1, via Sefaria, Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
“He cleansed it and purified it from anything ‘strange’ [not holy], so that it might enter into a state of holiness. AND HE SANCTIFIED IT by this rite. TO MAKE ATONEMENT UPON IT — from that time onward for all atonements of sin.” This is the language of Rashi.
Ramban: Spain, 1194–1270 · Ramban on Leviticus 8:15:1, via Sefaria, Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976

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.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

18 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.

  • וַיִּקַּ֗חand he took

    vaiyikachH3947 →966 times

  • אֶֽת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • הַחֵלֶב֮the fat

    hachelevH2459 →92 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • עַל־[was] on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • הַקֶּרֶב֒the entrails

    hakerevH7130 →227 times

  • וְאֵת֙and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • יֹתֶ֣רֶת[the] lobe of

    yoteretH3508 →11 times

  • הַכָּבֵ֔דthe liver

    hakavedH3516 →14 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • שְׁתֵּ֥י[the] two

    sheteiH8147 →768 times

  • הַכְּלָיֹ֖תthe kidneys

    hakelayotH3629 →31 times

  • וְאֶֽת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • חֶלְבְּהֶ֑ןfat their

    chelbehenH2459 →92 times

  • וַיַּקְטֵ֥רand he made [them] smoke

    vaiyakterH6999 →116 times

  • מֹשֶׁ֖הMoses

    moshehH4872 →765 times

  • הַמִּזְבֵּֽחָה׃the altar towards

    hamizbechahH4196 →401 times

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

Related verses

4 in all, six open

The walk

5 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

    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.

    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 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…

    • 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.

    • Leviticus 3:9–10

      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…

Where this verse is studied

About Leviticus

The Scapegoat, William Holman Hunt, 1854. Public domain.
The Scapegoat, William Holman Hunt, 1854. Public domain.
Leviticus: the study guide →Read Leviticus 8 →

This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Sir Robert Anderson, Types in Hebrews.

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