16 and the priest shall burn them on the altar as food, an offering made by fire for a sweet aroma; (A)all the fat is the Lord’s.

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16 The priest shall burn them on the altar(A) as a food offering,(B) a pleasing aroma.(C) All the fat(D) is the Lord’s.(E)

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17 This shall be a (A)perpetual[a] statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings: you shall eat neither fat nor (B)blood.’ ”

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 3:17 everlasting or never-ending

17 “‘This is a lasting ordinance(A) for the generations to come,(B) wherever you live:(C) You must not eat any fat or any blood.(D)’”

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to the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices (A)which they offer in the open field, that they may bring them to the Lord at the door of the tabernacle of meeting, to the priest, and offer them as peace offerings to the Lord.

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This is so the Israelites will bring to the Lord the sacrifices they are now making in the open fields. They must bring them to the priest, that is, to the Lord, at the entrance to the tent of meeting and sacrifice them as fellowship offerings.(A)

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And the priest (A)shall sprinkle the blood on the altar of the Lord at the door of the tabernacle of meeting, and (B)burn the fat for a sweet aroma to the Lord.

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The priest is to splash the blood against the altar(A) of the Lord(B) at the entrance to the tent of meeting and burn the fat as an aroma pleasing to the Lord.(C)

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(A)When you brought in (B)foreigners, (C)uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in My sanctuary to defile it—My house—and when you offered (D)My food, (E)the fat and the blood, then they broke My covenant because of all your abominations.

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In addition to all your other detestable practices, you brought foreigners uncircumcised in heart(A) and flesh into my sanctuary, desecrating my temple while you offered me food, fat and blood, and you broke my covenant.(B)

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