20 and they put the fat on the breasts. (A)Then he burned the fat on the altar;

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20 these they laid on the breasts, and then Aaron burned the fat on the altar.

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29 “Speak to the children of Israel, saying: (A)‘He who offers the sacrifice of his peace offering to the Lord shall bring his offering to the Lord from the sacrifice of his peace offering. 30 (B)His own hands shall bring the offerings made by fire to the Lord. The fat with the breast he shall bring, that the (C)breast may be waved as a wave offering before the Lord. 31 (D)And the priest shall burn the fat on the altar, but the (E)breast shall be Aaron’s and his sons’. 32 (F)Also the right thigh you shall give to the priest as a heave offering from the sacrifices of your peace offerings. 33 He among the sons of Aaron, who offers the blood of the peace offering and the fat, shall have the right thigh for his part. 34 For (G)the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the heave offering I have taken from the children of Israel, from the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and I have given them to Aaron the priest and to his sons from the children of Israel by a statute forever.’ ”

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29 “Say to the Israelites: ‘Anyone who brings a fellowship offering to the Lord is to bring part of it as their sacrifice to the Lord. 30 With their own hands they are to present the food offering to the Lord; they are to bring the fat, together with the breast, and wave the breast before the Lord as a wave offering.(A) 31 The priest shall burn the fat on the altar,(B) but the breast belongs to Aaron and his sons.(C) 32 You are to give the right thigh of your fellowship offerings to the priest as a contribution.(D) 33 The son of Aaron who offers the blood and the fat of the fellowship offering shall have the right thigh as his share. 34 From the fellowship offerings of the Israelites, I have taken the breast that is waved and the thigh(E) that is presented and have given them to Aaron the priest and his sons(F) as their perpetual share from the Israelites.’”

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14 Then he shall offer from it his offering, as an offering made by fire to the Lord. The fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails, 15 the two kidneys and the fat that is on them by the flanks, and the fatty lobe attached to the liver above the kidneys, he shall remove; 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.

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

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 3:17 everlasting or never-ending

14 From what you offer you are to present this food offering to the Lord: the internal organs and all the fat that is connected to them, 15 both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver, which you will remove with the kidneys.(A) 16 The priest shall burn them on the altar(B) as a food offering,(C) a pleasing aroma.(D) All the fat(E) is the Lord’s.(F)

17 “‘This is a lasting ordinance(G) for the generations to come,(H) wherever you live:(I) You must not eat any fat or any blood.(J)’”

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