Leviticus 3:9

OLD TESTAMENTNEW TESTAMENT

And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat, and the whole fat tail, it shall he take off close to the backbone; and the fat that covers the entrails, and all the fat that is upon the entrails,

Verse 8 Read Chapter 3 Verse 10

George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

Whole rump. Septuagint, "the loin without blemish. "The tail of the Arabian sheep is extremely large and fat, weighing eight or ten pounds; so that it is necessary to support it on a vehicle. (Busbecque, ep. 3.) The tail was not sacrificed in any other species. (Menochius)

< 1 min1/2

Go to Commentary

Gregory The Dialogist

AD 604

The law commands that the tail of the victim is to be offered in sacrifice. Now the tail is the end of a body, and that person makes a perfect offering who carries out the sacrifice of a good work to its due completion.

< 1 min2/2

Go to Commentary

About Privacy Policy Donate

Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation - 2 Peter 1:20