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15 Moreover, before the fat was burned, the priest’s servant would come and say to the one who was sacrificing, “Give meat for the priest to roast, for he will not accept boiled meat from you but only raw.”(A)

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16 Then the priest shall turn these into smoke on the altar as a food offering by fire[a] for a pleasing odor.

“All fat is the Lord’s.(A)

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  1. 3.16 Or a food gift

19 Their end is destruction, their god is the belly, and their glory is in their shame; their minds are set on earthly things.(A)

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18 For such people do not serve our Lord Christ but their own appetites,[a] and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the simple-minded.(A)

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  1. 16.18 Gk their own belly

You shall offer from the sacrifice of well-being, as an offering by fire[a] to the Lord, the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is around the entrails,(A) the two kidneys with the fat that is on them at the loins, and the appendage of the liver, which he shall remove with the kidneys. Then Aaron’s sons shall turn these into smoke on the altar, with the burnt offering that is on the wood on the fire, as an offering by fire[b] of pleasing odor to the Lord.(B)

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  1. 3.3 Or a gift
  2. 3.5 Or a gift

12 These are blots[a] on your love feasts, while they feast with you without fear, feeding themselves.[b] They are waterless clouds carried along by the winds; autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, uprooted;(A)

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  1. 12 Or reefs
  2. 12 Or without fear. They are shepherds who care only for themselves