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leviticus 3
1 - "'If his offering is a sacrifice of peace offerings; if he offers it from the herd, whether male or female, he shall offer it without defect before The LORD.
2 - He shall lay his hand on the head of his offering, and kill it at the door of the Tent of Meeting: and Aaron's sons, the priests, shall sprinkle the blood around on the altar.
3 - He shall offer of the sacrifice of peace offerings an offering made by fire to The LORD; the fat that covers the innards, and all the fat that is on the innards,
4 - and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys, he shall take away.
5 - Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar on the burnt offering, which is on the wood that is on the fire: it is an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to The LORD.
6 - "'If his offering for a sacrifice of peace offerings to the LORD is from the flock; male or female, he shall offer it without defect.
7 - If he offers a lamb for 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 Tent of Meeting: and Aaron's sons shall sprinkle its blood around on the altar.
9 - He shall offer from the sacrifice of peace offerings an offering made by fire to The LORD; its fat, the entire tail fat, he shall take away close to the backbone; and the fat that covers the inwards, and all the fat that is on the inwards,
10 - and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys, he shall take away.
11 - The priest shall burn it on the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire to The LORD.
12 - "'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 Tent of Meeting; and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle its blood around on the altar.
14 - He shall offer from it as his offering, an offering made by fire to The LORD; the fat that covers the innards, and all the fat that is on the innards,
15 - and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys, he shall take away.
16 - The priest shall burn them on the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire, for a pleasant aroma; all the fat is The LORD's.
17 - "'It shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings, that you shall eat neither fat nor blood.'"
