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Leviticus 3:1–5 – Peace offering from the herd

What happens: A worshiper brings a male or female without blemish, lays a hand on it, and it is slain. Fat portions are burned on the altar as a pleasing aroma.

What it means: The peace offering celebrates fellowship with God. His holiness accepts only the best parts, teaching that communion with God is sacred and joyful.

Leviticus 3:6–11 – Peace offering from the flock

What happens: If from sheep, similar steps follow, including the burning of fat and the fatty tail. The priest burns these on the altar.

What it means: God welcomes thankful fellowship in many forms while guarding holiness. Shared meal imagery points to restored relationship under God’s terms.

Leviticus 3:12–16 – Peace offering from goats

What happens: A goat may be offered; fat, kidneys, and liver coverings are burned. The offering is a food offering with a pleasing aroma.

What it means: God’s presence is the true gift; the offering recognizes his goodness. Worship centers on God’s pleasure, not human show.

Leviticus 3:17 – Perpetual ban on fat and blood

What happens: Israel must never eat fat or blood, lasting through generations.

What it means: Blood represents life and belongs to God, and the choice fat belongs on the altar. God’s people live under clear boundaries that honor his holiness and the value of life.

Application

  • Celebrate fellowship with God through thankful worship.
  • Honor God’s boundaries even in daily food choices.
  • Seek God’s pleasure, not human approval.
  • Remember that life belongs to God and treat it as sacred.

Bible

1And if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offer it of the herd; whether it be a male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the LORD.

2And he shall lay his hand upon 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 upon the altar round about.

3And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,

4And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away.

5And 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.

6And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering unto the LORD be of the flock; male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.

7If he offer a lamb for his offering, then shall he offer it before the LORD.

8And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron's sons shall sprinkle the blood thereof round about upon the altar.

9And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat thereof, and the whole rump, it shall he take off hard by the backbone; and the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,

10And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away.

11And the priest shall burn it upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire unto the LORD.

12And if his offering be a goat, then he shall offer it before the LORD.

13And he shall lay his hand upon the head of it, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle the blood thereof upon the altar round about.

14And he shall offer thereof his offering, even an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,

15And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away.

16And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet savour: all the fat is the LORD'S.

17It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.

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