Peace offering
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📚“And if his offering is a sacrifice of peace offering 📖, if he offers it from the herd, whether it is a male or female 📖, he shall offer one without blemish before the LORD. 2 📚And he shall lay his hand on the head of his offering, and kill it at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and Aaron’s sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood on the altar all around.3 📚And he shall offer from the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire to the LORD, the fat that covers the inner parts, and all the fat that is on the inner parts, 4 📚and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them which is by the loins, and the lobe on the liver, with the kidneys which he shall take away.
3:3-4 Unlike the burnt offering only part of this offering was burned on the altar. The breast and shoulder or thigh were food for the priests (Lev 7:31-34). The rest was eaten by the one bringing the offering. Eating speaks not only of that which sustains life, but of fellowship with Christ and God the Father (Matt 26:26; Luke 22:14-19; 1 Cor 10:16-17; 1 John 1:3; Rev 3:20). The offering speaks of having peace with God and feasting in joy and fellowship with God and fellow believers and the Lord Jesus.🪶
5 📚And Aaron’s sons shall burn it on the altar on top of the burnt sacrifice, which is on the wood that is on the fire. It is an offering made by fire, of a soothing aroma to the LORD.
6 📚“And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering to the LORD is from the flock, male or female, he shall offer one without blemish. 7 📚If he offers a lamb as his offering, then he shall offer it before the LORD. 8 📚And he shall lay his hand on the head of his offering, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation, and Aaron’s sons shall sprinkle its blood all around on the altar. 9 📚And he shall offer from the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire to the LORD, its fat, and entire fat tail which he shall take off close to the backbone, and the fat that covers the inner parts, and all the fat that is on the inner parts, 10 📚and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them which is by the loins, and the lobe on the liver, with the kidneys which he shall take away. 11 📚And the priest shall burn it on the altar. It is the food 📖 of the offering made by fire to the LORD.
12 📚“And if his offering is a goat, then he shall offer it before the LORD. 13 📚And he shall lay his hand on its head, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation, and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle its blood on the altar all around. 14 📚And he shall offer from his offering an offering made by fire to the LORD, the fat that covers the inner parts, and all the fat that is on the inner parts, 15 and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them which is by the loins, and the lobe on the liver, with the kidneys which he shall take away. 16 📚And the priest shall burn them on the altar. It is the food of the offering made by fire for a soothing aroma. All the fat is the LORD’s.
17 📚“It shall be a permanent regulation for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that you eat neither fat nor blood”.
3:16-17 Lev 7:26-27; 17:10-16. The blood is the life. The fat may signify the general health and vigor of the animal. It belonged to God.🪶