Bible Commentaries

a sacrifice

7:11-21,29-34, 22:19-21, Exodus 20:24, 24:5, 29:28, Numbers 6:14, 7:17, Judges 20:26, 21:4, 1 Chronicles 21:26, Proverbs 7:14, Ezekiel 45:15, Amos 5:22, Romans 5:1,2, Colossians 1:20, 1 John 1:3

without

1:3, Numbers 6:14, Malachi 1:8,14, Hebrews 10:22

lay

1:4,5, 8:22, 16:21,22, Exodus 29:10, Isaiah 53:6, 2 Corinthians 5:21, 1 John 1:9,10

kill it

1:11, Zechariah 12:10, Acts 2:36-38, 3:15,26, 4:10-12,26-28

the fat

or, suet.

16, 4:8,9, 7:3,4, Exodus 29:13,22, Deuteronomy 30:6, Psalms 119:70, Proverbs 23:26, Isaiah 6:10, Ezekiel 36:26, Matthew 13:16, 15:8, Romans 5:5, 6:6

caul above the liver, with the kidneys

or, midriff over the liver, and over the kidneys.

10,15, 4:9, 7:4, 8:16,25, 9:10,19, Exodus 29:13; *marg:; Exodus 29:22

Aaron's

1:9, 4:31,35, 6:12, 9:9,10, Exodus 29:13, 1 Samuel 2:15,16, 1 Kings 8:64, 2 Chronicles 35:14, Ezekiel 44:7,15

upon the burnt

6:12, 1 Peter 2:5

a sacrifice

Galatians 4:4, Ephesians 1:10, 2:13-22

be of

1, 1:2,10, Isaiah 60:7

male

Galatians 3:28

he shall

1-17, Acts 4:27, Romans 12:1,2, Titus 2:11,12

offer it

1, 1 Kings 8:62, Ephesians 5:2,12, Hebrews 9:14

he shall

2-5,13, 4:4,15,24, Isaiah 53:6,11,12, 2 Corinthians 5:21, 1 Peter 2:24

kill it

Ephesians 2:18, 3:12, Hebrews 10:19-22

sprinkle

1:5,11, Matthew 3:17, 2 Corinthians 5:19

the fat

3,4, Proverbs 23:26, Isaiah 53:10

the whole rump

To what has already been said on the tails of eastern sheep, we may add the testimony of Ludolf, who states that they are so very large, some of them weighing from twelve to fourteen pounds, "that the owners are obliged to tie a little cart behind them, whereupon they put the tail of the sheep, as well for the convenience of carriage, and to ease the poor creatures, as to preserve the wool from dirt, and the tail from being torn among the bushes and stones." The same is testified by Dr. Russell, who says, "In some other places where they feed in the fields, the shepherds are obliged to fix a piece of thin board to the under part of the tail, to prevent its being torn by bushes, thistles, etc., as it is not covered underneath with thick wool, like the upper part; and some have small wheels to facilitate the dragging of the board after them."

7:3, 8:25, 9:19, Exodus 29:22

the caul

burn

5, Psalms 22:14, Isaiah 53:4-10, Romans 8:32

the food

16, 21:6,8,17,21,22, 22:25, Numbers 28:2, Ezekiel 44:7, Malachi 1:7,12, 1 Corinthians 10:21, Revelation 3:20

a goat

1,7-17, 1:2,6,10, 9:3,15, 10:16, 22:19-27, Isaiah 53:2,6, Matthew 25:32,33, Romans 8:3, 2 Corinthians 5:21

lay his hand

1-5,8, Isaiah 53:6,11,12, 2 Corinthians 5:21, 1 Peter 2:24, 3:18

sprinkle

2,8, Isaiah 52:15, Romans 5:6-11,15-21, Hebrews 12:24, 1 Peter 1:2

the fat that covereth

3-5,9-11, Psalms 22:14,15, Proverbs 23:26, Jeremiah 20:18, Matthew 22:37, 26:38, Romans 12:1,2

caul above: Leviticus 3:4

it is the food

all the fat

3-5,9-11,14,15, 4:8-19,26,31, 7:23-25, 8:25, 9:24, 17:6, Exodus 29:13,22, 1 Samuel 2:15,16, 2 Chronicles 7:7, Isaiah 53:10, Matthew 22:37

a perpetual

6:18, 7:36, 16:34, 17:7, 23:14, Numbers 19:21

eat neither

That is, neither the blood which is contained in the larger veins and arteries, nor the fat or suet which is within the animal, which exists in a separate or unmixed state, as the omentum or caul, the fat of the mesentery, or fatty part of the substance which connects the convolutions of the alimentary canal or small intestines, the fat of the kidneys, and whatever else of the internal fat was easily separable, together with the whole of the tail already described; for the blood which assumes the form of gravy, and the fat which is intermixed with the other flesh, might be eaten. This law not only related to the sacrifices, but to all the cattle which the Israelites slaughtered for food.

16, Deuteronomy 32:14, Nehemiah 8:10

blood

7:23,25-27, 17:10-14, Genesis 9:4, Deuteronomy 12:16,23, 15:23, 1 Samuel 14:32-34, Ezekiel 33:25, 44:7,15, Matthew 16:24, 26:28, Acts 15:20,21,29, Ephesians 1:7, 5:26, 1 Timothy 4:4