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Leviticus Chapter Seven

 

Leviticus 7 Outlines

The Law of the Trespass Offering (v.1~10)

The Law of Peace Offerings (v.11~21)

Fat and Blood May Not Be Eaten (v.22~27)

The Portion of Aaron and His Sons (v.28~38)

New King James Version (NKJV)

 

INTRODUCTION TO LEVITICUS 7

The several things contained in this chapter are the law of the trespass offering Leviticus 7:1 the portion the priests had in the burnt offerings and meat offerings Leviticus 7:8 the law of the peace offerings whether by way of thanksgiving or a vow or voluntary oblation Leviticus 7:11 the prohibition of fat and blood Leviticus 7:22 the parts the priests should have in the peace offerings the breast and right shoulder Leviticus 7:28 and the chapter is concluded with a recapitulation of the various things contained in this and the preceding chapters Leviticus 7:37.

 

Leviticus 7:1.  ‘Likewise this is the law of the trespass offering (it is most holy):

   YLT  1`And this [is] a law of the guilt-offering: it [is] most holy;

Likewise this is the law of the trespass offering .... Or the various rites and rules to be observed at the offering of it: the persons for whom it was to be made are described in the two preceding chapters Leviticus 5:1 both such that sinned through ignorance and knowingly and here the place and parts of the offering and how to be disposed of are declared:

it is most holy; wholly devoted for sacred use either to the Lord or to his priests; there were some things the Jews call light holy things and others most holy in the highest degree of this sort was the trespass offering.

 

Leviticus 7:2.  2 In the place where they kill the burnt offering they shall kill the trespass offering. And its blood he shall sprinkle all around on the altar.

   YLT  2in the place where they slaughter the burnt-offering they do slaughter the guilt-offering and its blood [one] doth sprinkle on the altar round about

In the place where they kill the burnt offering shall they kill the trespass offering .... See Leviticus 1:11

and the blood thereof shall he sprinkle round about upon the altar; on the upper part of it. There was a scarlet thread that was drawn around the altar in the middle the blood of some of the sacrifices was sprinkled below it; and some above it as was the blood of the trespass offering.

 

Leviticus 7:3.  3 And he shall offer from it all its fat. The fat tail and the fat that covers the entrails

   YLT  3and all its fat he bringeth near out of it the fat tail and the fat which is covering the inwards

And he shall offer of it all the fat thereof .... To the Lord that being claimed by him as in the peace offerings of the herd and of the flock whether a bullock or cow a lamb or a goat Leviticus 3:3 &c. and in the sin offering of the bullock Leviticus 1:8

and the rump or tail which of sheep and rams for the trespass offering was very large and fat in those countries; See Gill on Exodus 29:22 Leviticus 3:9

and the fat that covereth the inwards; called the "omentum".

 

Leviticus 7:4.  4 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;

   YLT  4and the two kidneys and the fat which [is] on them which [is] on the flanks and the redundance above the liver (beside the kidneys he doth turn it aside);

And the two kidneys and the fat that is on them .... Which are usually covered with fat:

which is by the flanks: or rather that which is "upon" themF25אשר על הכסלים "et qui est superiliis" Tigurine version. ; for this respects not the situation of the kidneys nor the fat upon them but the fat which is upon the flanks as distinct from that and where there are great collops of it see Job 15:27

and the caul that is above the liver; the lobe upon the liver according to the Septuagint:

with the kidneys it shall he take away; all the fat before mentioned together with the kidneys were to be taken away from the ram of the trespass offering and burnt as follows.

 

Leviticus 7:5.  5 and the priest shall burn them on the altar as an offering made by fire to the Lord. It is a trespass offering.

   YLT  5and the priest hath made them a perfume on the altar a fire-offering to Jehovah; it [is] a guilt-offering.

And the priest shall burn them upon the altar .... Fat taken off of the several parts before mentioned and the kidneys: which were to be

for an offering made by fire unto the Lord; and was acceptable to him being typical of the offering of Christ which is a sweet smelling savour bearing the fire of divine wrath in the room and stead of his people:

it is the trespass offering; an offering for a trespass committed to make atonement for it; and this part of it the burning of the fat was properly the offering to the Lord all the rest were the priest's as follows.

 

Leviticus 7:6.  6 Every male among the priests may eat it. It shall be eaten in a holy place. It is most holy.

   YLT  6`Every male among the priests doth eat it; in the holy place it is eaten -- it [is] most holy;

Every male among the priests shall eat thereof .... Of the flesh of it after the fat was taken off and burnt the rest belonged to the priests and their sons and to them only not to their wives and daughters:

it shall be eaten in the holy place; in the court of the tabernacle in some apartment in it for that purpose as afterwards in the temple; it was not to be carried home to their houses for all in the family to partake of only the priests and their sons were to eat of it:

it is most holy; and therefore none but such who were devoted to holy services might eat of it; only sanctified persons true believers who are made priests unto God have a right to eat of the altar Christ or can eat his flesh in a spiritual sense and feed upon him by faith and receive nourishment from him Hebrews 13:10.

 

Leviticus 7:7.  7 The trespass offering is like the sin offering; there is one law for them both: the priest who makes atonement with it shall have it.

   YLT  7as [is] a sin-offering so [is] a guilt-offering; one law [is] for them; the priest who maketh atonement by it -- it is his.

As the sin offering is so is the trespass offering there is one law for them .... The same as in Leviticus 6:27

the priest that maketh atonement therewith shall have it; who by offering it made atonement for the trespass of the person that brings it as typical of the atonement by the sacrifice of Christ; he was to have all but what was burnt for himself and his sons; though no doubt but other priests then on duty in the court ate with him.

 

Leviticus 7:8.  8 And the priest who offers anyone’s burnt offering that priest shall have for himself the skin of the burnt offering which he has offered.

   YLT  8`And the priest who is bringing near any man's burnt-offering the skin of the burnt-offering which he hath brought near it is the priest's his own;

And the priest that offereth any man's burnt offering .... In which the flesh was wholly burnt and nothing of it remained to requite the priest for his trouble as in other offerings:

even the priest shall have to himself the skin of the burnt offering which he hath offered; in some cases the skin itself was burnt and then he could have nothing see Leviticus 4:11 but in others the skin was reserved for the priest. There seems to be an emphasis upon the phrase "to himself" and may signify that though in other things other priests might partake with him yet not in this; and so MaimonidesF26In Misn. Challah c. 4. sect. 9. observes that the skin was not given to every priest but to him that offered the sacrifice; and elsewhereF1In Misn. Zebachim c. 12. sect. 3. he says the skins of light holy things are the owner's but the skins of the most holy things are the priest's. And some have thought this law has some respect to the case of Adam and is agreeable thereunto; who having offered sacrifice according to divine directions given him had coats made for him and his wife of the skins of the slain beasts; and it was usual with the Heathen priests to have the skins of the sacrifices and in which they slept in their temples and others also were desirous of the same in order by dreams or otherwise to get knowledge of things future; See Gill on Amos 2:8.

 

Leviticus 7:9.  9 Also every grain offering that is baked in the oven and all that is prepared in the covered pan or in a pan shall be the priest’s who offers it.

   YLT  9and every present which is baked in an oven and every one done in a frying-pan and on a girdel [is] the priest's who is bringing it near; it is his;

And all the meat offering that is baked in the oven .... Or "every meat offering"F2כל מנחה "omne munus" Pagninus Montanus Junius & Tremellius Piscator &c. whether dressed in one way or another and which was done in one or other of these three ways of which this was one baked in an oven heated for that purpose:

and all that is dressed in the frying pan; such as we call pancakes:

and in the pan; which was different from the frying pan; it seems to be what was set upon an hearth made hot and soon baked; See Gill on Leviticus 6:21 of these three different ways of dressing the meat offering see Leviticus 2:4.

 

Leviticus 7:10.  10 Every grain offering whether mixed with oil or dry shall belong to all the sons of Aaron to one as much as the other.

   YLT  10and every present mixed with oil or dry is for all the sons of Aaron -- one as another.

And every meat offering mingled with oil and dry .... Rather it should be rendered "or dry"F3וחרבה "vel aridum" Junius & Tremellius Piscator. ; that is as Jarchi interprets it that has no oil in it; the meat offering in common let it be dressed in what way soever was mingled with oil; but in the poor man's offering for sin which was as a meat offering no oil was to be put upon it Leviticus 5:11 but whether the offering was with or without oil moist or dry it

shall all the sons of Aaron have one as much as another; it was to be equally divided among them; or a priest offering it at one time was to have the same as another priest at another time; it was always alike all that remained except the handful that was burnt was the priest's.

 

Leviticus 7:11.  11 ‘This is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings which he shall offer to the Lord:

   YLT  11`And this [is] a law of the sacrifice of the peace-offerings which [one] bringeth near to Jehovah:

And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings which ye shall offer unto the Lord. Some other laws and rules respecting the oblation of them: in Leviticus 3:1 an account is given of what they should be both of the herd and flock and of the burning of the fat of them; and here the several sorts of them are distinctly observed what should be offered with them and the part the priest should have of it and when the flesh of them should be eaten.

 

Leviticus 7:12.  12 If he offers it for a thanksgiving then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mixed with oil unleavened wafers anointed with oil or cakes of blended flour mixed with oil.

   YLT  12if for a thank-offering he bring it near then he hath brought near with the sacrifice of thank-offering unleavened cakes mixed with oil and thin unleavened cakes anointed with oil and of fried flour cakes mixed with oil;

If he offer it for a thanksgiving .... Which Jarchi restrains to the wonderful deliverances of seafaring persons of travellers and of such as have been confined in prison or have laboured under violent diseases and disorders of body; and so Aben Ezra seems to understand it only of thanksgivings on account of being delivered out of distress; but it might be for the common mercies of life or any particular mercy or instance of divine goodness a man was sensible of and thought proper in this way to make an acknowledgment of it:

then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving; which if of the herd was either a bullock or a cow; and if of the flock was either a lamb or a goat:

unleavened cakes mingled with oil; ten of them according to the Jewish writers; the measure of flour of which they were made were as Jarchi says five Jerusalem seahs or pecks which were six of those used in the wilderness and made twenty tenths or omers an omer being the tenth part of an ephahF4Vid. Misn. Menachot c. 7. sect. 1. & Bartenora in ib. ; the oil they were mingled with as to the quantity of it was half a logF5Maimon. Maaseh Hakorbanot c. 9. sect. 20. ; a fourth part of it was for the cakes hastily baked (said in the latter part of this verse to be fried ) an eighth part for those baked (intended in this clause ) and an eighth part for the wafers next mentioned:

and unleavened wafers anointed with oil; these were a thinner sort of cakes made without leaven as the others but the oil was not mixed with the flour in the making of them but put upon them when made and therefore said to be anointed with it; there were also ten of these:

and cakes mingled with oil of fine flour fried; these were such as were hastily and not thoroughly baked Leviticus 6:21 or as Jarchi and Ben Gersom they were mixed and boiled with hot water as much as was sufficient; or according to MaimonidesF6In Misn. Menachot c. 9. sect. 3. were fried in oil; and there were ten of these in all thirty

 

Leviticus 7:13.  13 Besides the cakes as his offering he shall offer leavened bread with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offering.

   YLT  13besides the cakes fermented bread he doth bring near [with] his offering besides the sacrifice of thank-offering of his peace-offerings;

Besides the cakes .... The unleavened cakes and the unleavened wafers and the fried cakes; or with these as Aben Ezra and Abendana interpret it:

he shall offer for his offering leavened bread with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offerings; not that this was offered upon the altar for all leaven was forbidden there Leviticus 2:11 but it was given to the priest that he might have change of bread and such as was agreeable to him to eat with the flesh of the peace offerings he had a share of and to the owners also; and the whole of this consisted of ten cakes likewise as will appear by what MaimonidesF7Maaseh Hakorbanot c. 9. sect. 17 18 21. says; he (the offerer) takes twenty tenths of fine flour and makes ten leavened and ten unleavened; the ten leavened he makes into ten cakes and the ten unleavened he makes of them eighty cakes alike ten cakes of every sort ten cakes baked in an oven ten cakes wafers and ten cakes slightly baked.

 

Leviticus 7:14.  14 And from it he shall offer one cake from each offering as a heave offering to the Lord. It shall belong to the priest who sprinkles the blood of the peace offering.

   YLT  14and he hath brought near out of it one of the whole offering -- a heave-offering to Jehovah; to the priest who is sprinkling the blood of the peace-offerings -- it is his;

And of it he shall offer one out of the whole oblation for an heave offering unto the Lord .... That is one out of the unleavened cakes and out of the unleavened wafers and out of the cakes fried and out of the cakes leavened; lo says Aben Ezra four at least and the truth is adds he there were ten; and so MaimonidesF8Maaseh Hakorbanot c. 9. sect. 17 18 21. says the priest took out of all the four cakes one out of every sort as it is said "and of it he shall offer one" &c.

and it shall be the priest's that sprinkleth the blood of the peace offerings; that is that part of the cakes and bread which is offered as an heave offering to the Lord was the portion of the priests; and so MaimonidesF9Maaseh Hakorbanot c. 9. sect. 12. says "the bread waved (rather heaved) with the thank offering was eaten by the priests and the rest of the bread by the owners.'

 

Leviticus 7:15.  15 ‘The flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offering for thanksgiving shall be eaten the same day it is offered. He shall not leave any of it until morning.

   YLT  15as to the flesh of the sacrifice of the thank-offering of his peace-offerings in the day of his offering it is eaten; he doth not leave of it till morning.

And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving .... Having given directions about the cakes and bread that went along with the peace offerings offered in thankfulness for mercies received; instructions are next given about eating the flesh of them; and the order is that that

shall be eaten the same day that it is offered; partly by him that brought them and his family and partly by the poor he was to invite to eat thereof; and also by the priests and Levites who were to have their share of it; see Deuteronomy 12:11.

he shall not leave any of it until the morning; which was ordered to encourage liberality to the priests Levites and others since all must be eaten up before morning: according to the Jewish canons they might eat it no longer than midnight; by that time it was to be all consumed; and it is saidF11Misn. Zebachim c. 5. sect. 3. the wise men made an hedge to the law to keep men from sin.

 

Leviticus 7:16.  16 But if the sacrifice of his offering is a vow or a voluntary offering it shall be eaten the same day that he offers his sacrifice; but on the next day the remainder of it also may be eaten;

   YLT  16`And if the sacrifice of his offering [is] a vow or free-will offering in the day of his bringing near his sacrifice it is eaten; and on the morrow also the remnant of it is eaten;

But if the sacrifice of his offering be a vow .... Be on account of a vow made as that if he was favoured with such and such benefits or delivered out of such and such troubles and distresses then he would offer such a sacrifice:

or a voluntary offering; without any condition or obligation; what from the mere motion of his mind he freely offered not being directed to it by any command of God or under any necessity from a vow of his own and without any view to; any future good to be enjoyed: Aben Ezra describes both the one and the other thus; a "vow" which he uttered with his lips in his distresses a "voluntary offering" which his spirit made him willing to bring a sacrifice to God neither for a vow nor for thanksgiving:

it shall be eaten the same day that he offereth his sacrifice; that is it shall be begun to be eaten then and if all is eaten up it is very well but they were not obliged in either of these cases as in the preceding to eat up all and leave none to the morning for it follows:

and on the morrow also the remainder of it shall be eaten; some of it if thought fit and could not be conveniently eaten might be kept till the day after the sacrifice but no longer.

 

Leviticus 7:17.  17 the remainder of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day must be burned with fire.

   YLT  17and the remnant of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day with fire is burnt;

But the remainder of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day .... What remained of it uneaten on the second day and was kept till the third:

shall be burnt with fire; that it might neither corrupt nor be put to superstitious uses nor be of any profit in any respect; that so niggardliness and distrust of the care of Providence might be discouraged: perhaps some respect may be had in the type to the resurrection of Christ on the third day having seen no corruption.

 

Leviticus 7:18.  18 And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offering is eaten at all on the third day it shall not be accepted nor shall it be imputed to him; it shall be an abomination to him who offers it and the person who eats of it shall bear guilt.

   YLT  18and if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace-offerings be really eaten on the third day it is not pleasing; for him who is bringing it near it is not reckoned; it is an abominable thing and the person who is eating of it his iniquity doth bear.

And if any of the flesh of his peace offerings be eaten at all on the third day .... Any part of it even the least:

it shall not be accepted; as a sacrifice well pleasing to God; he will take no delight in it or express any satisfaction therein; but on the contrary reject it with abhorrence:

neither shall it be imputed to him that offereth it; the Targum of Jonathan adds for merit or righteousness; it shall not be accounted a righteous action or the offerer receive any benefit by it:

it shall be an abomination; to God the flesh being kept so long through a sordid and niggardly disposition:

and the soul that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity; it shall not be forgiven him; he shall bear the punishment of it.

 

Leviticus 7:19.  19 ‘The flesh that touches any unclean thing shall not be eaten. It shall be burned with fire. And as for the clean flesh all who are clean may eat of it.

   YLT  19`And the flesh which cometh against any unclean thing is not eaten; with fire it is burnt; as to the flesh every clean one doth eat of the flesh;

And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten .... That is the flesh of the peace offerings; should it be touched by any unclean person man or woman; that was so in a ceremonial sense being profluvious or menstruous or having touched anything unclean or touched by any unclean creature as a dog or the like as it might be while carried from the tabernacle to any of their tents or houses:

it shall be burnt with fire; that no profit might be had of it; and this was to make them careful in carrying it from place to place:

and as for the flesh all that be clean shall eat thereof; that are clean in a ceremonial sense; as all that are clean in an evangelic sense through the blood and righteousness of Christ may by faith eat his flesh and drink his blood. Jarchi observes that whereas it is said Deuteronomy 12:27 "thou shall eat the flesh"; some might object and say that none might eat of the peace offerings but the owners of them therefore it is said here "all that be clean shall eat"; not the owners only nor the priests and Levites only but whoever the offerer should invite to eat thereof provided he was but clean.

 

Leviticus 7:20.  20 But the person who eats the flesh of the sacrifice of the peace offering that belongs to the Lord while he is unclean that person shall be cut off from his people.

   YLT  20and the person who eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of the peace-offerings which [are] Jehovah's and his uncleanness upon him even that person hath been cut off from his people.

But the soul that eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of the peace offerings that pertain unto the Lord .... That are offered up to him and so are holy and therefore not to be eaten by unholy persons or by any

having his uncleanness upon him; a profluvious person that has an issue running out of him a gonorrhoea; see Leviticus 15:2.

even that soul shall be cut off from his people; be disfranchised as an Israelite be debarred the privileges of the sanctuary or be cut off by death before the usual time and term of man's life; so those that eat and drink unworthily in the supper of our Lord where his flesh is eaten and his blood drank eat and drink damnation to themselves 1 Corinthians 11:29.

 

Leviticus 7:21.  21 Moreover the person who touches any unclean thing such as human uncleanness an unclean animal or any abominable unclean thing [a] and who eats the flesh of the sacrifice of the peace offering that belongs to the Lord that person shall be cut off from his people.’”

   YLT  21`And when a person cometh against any thing unclean of the uncleanness of man or of the uncleanness of beasts or of any unclean teeming creature and hath eaten of the flesh of the sacrifice of the peace-offerings which [are] Jehovah's even that person hath been cut off from his people.'

Moreover the soul that shall touch any unclean thing .... Person or thing the dead body of a man or the bone of a dead body or a grave in which it was laid:

as the uncleanness of man; the issue that runs from a profluvious person:

or any unclean beast; that was so by the law ceremonial; see Leviticus 11:4

or any abominable unclean thing; which the Targum of Jonathan interprets of every unclean reptile: see Leviticus 11:20.

and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings which pertain unto the Lord even that soul shall be cut off from his people; See Gill on Leviticus 7:20.

 

Leviticus 7:22.  22 And the Lord spoke to Moses saying

   YLT  22And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses saying

And the Lord spake unto Moses .... Continued speaking to him:

saying; as follows.

 

Leviticus 7:23.  23 “Speak to the children of Israel saying: ‘You shall not eat any fat of ox or sheep or goat.

   YLT  23`Speak unto the sons of Israel saying Any fat of ox and sheep and goat ye do not eat;

Speak unto the children of Israel saying .... Putting them in mind by repeating to them the laws concerning fat and blood Leviticus 3:17.

ye shall eat no manner of fat; of any creature fit for food whose flesh otherwise may be eaten and particularly

of ox or of sheep or of goats: creatures used in sacrifice; though this is not to be restrained to such of them and the fat of them that were sacrificed whose fat was claimed by the Lord as his and was burnt on his altar; but this is to be understood of the fat of these creatures when killed for their common use for the food of them and their families; the fat even of these was not to be eaten; that which was not separated from the flesh but mixed with it might be eaten but not that which was separatedF12Bechai in Lev. 3. 17. .

 

Leviticus 7:24.  24 And the fat of an animal that dies naturally and the fat of what is torn by wild beasts may be used in any other way; but you shall by no means eat it.

   YLT  24and the fat of a carcase and the fat of a torn thing is prepared for any work but ye do certainly not eat it;

And the fat of the beast that dieth of itself .... Of any disease and is not regularly killed:

and the fat of that which is torn with beasts; with wild beasts:

may be used in any other use; as in medicine for plasters or for making candles or for greasing of anything to make it smooth and pliable or the like:

but ye shall in no wise eat of it; such carcasses themselves were not to be eaten of and one would think their fat in course must be unlawful; but however to prevent the doing of it this particular law was given and those that broke this were doubly guilty as the Jews observeF13Maimon. Hilchot Maacolot Asurot c. 7. sect. 2. ; once in eating things that died of themselves or were torn with beasts and again by eating the fat of them.

 

Leviticus 7:25.  25 For whoever eats the fat of the animal of which men offer an offering made by fire to the Lord the person who eats it shall be cut off from his people.

   YLT  25for whoever eateth the fat of the beast of which [one] bringeth near a fire-offering to Jehovah even the person who eateth hath been cut off from his people.

For whosoever eateth the fat of the beast of which men offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord .... As oxen sheep rams goats; meaning not only the fat of those that are offered but the fat of all those of the like kind:

even the soul that eateth it shall be cut off from his people; See Gill on Leviticus 7:20 MaimonidesF14Moreh Nevochim par. 3. c. 41. observes that the punishment of cutting off is enjoined for the eating of fat because men used to count it delicious for which reason also God would honour his sacrifices with it: and he further observesF15Ibid. c. 48. that the fat of the intestines too much saturates hinders concoction generates gross and frigid blood hence it is much better it should be burnt than eaten; and that blood and what dies of itself are of difficult digestion and of bad nourishment wherefore the latter is forbidden in the Leviticus 7:24 and the former in Leviticus 7:26 of the punishment for eating fat the same writerF16Hilchot Maacolot Asurot c. 7. sect. 1. observes he that eats fat the quantity of an olive presumptuously is guilty of cutting off; if ignorantly he must bring the fixed sin offering: and elsewhereF17Hilchot Sanhedrin c. 18. sect. 4. he says he that eats fat is beaten for it; and he eats it a second time and is beaten for it; but if he eats it a third time they do not beat him but put him into a prison which is a strait place according to his height where he cannot stand upright nor can he lie down in it; and they give him bread and water of affliction till his bowels are distressed and he become sick and then they feed him with barley till his belly bursts.

 

Leviticus 7:26.  26 Moreover you shall not eat any blood in any of your dwellings whether of bird or beast.

   YLT  26`And any blood ye do not eat in all your dwellings of fowl or of beast;

Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood .... Of any of the above creatures or any other even of any clean creature and much less of an unclean one:

whether it be of fowl or of beast; of all sorts and kinds. Jarchi thinks the words being thus expressed the blood of fishes and locusts is excepted and so lawful to eat:

in any of your dwellings; this shows that this law is not to be restrained to creatures slain in sacrifice in the tabernacle and to the blood of them but to be understood of all such as were slain in their own houses for food and the blood of them.

 

Leviticus 7:27.  27 Whoever eats any blood that person shall be cut off from his people.’”

   YLT  27any person who eateth any blood even that person hath been cut off from his people.'

Whatsoever soul it be that eateth any manner of blood .... The Targum of Jonathan adds of any living creature that is of any while it is alive; for the Jews always interpret the law in Genesis 9:4 of the member of a living creature torn off from it and its flesh with the blood eaten directly:

even that soul shall be cut off from his people; MaimonidesF18Moreh Nevochim par. 3. c. 41. observes that to some sorts of food cutting off is threatened particularly to blood because of the eager desire of men to eat it in those times and because it precipitated them to a certain species of idolatry; he means that of the Zabians of which See Gill on Ezekiel 33:25 of the true reason of the prohibition of eating blood under the law see Leviticus 17:10 &c.

 

Leviticus 7:28.  28 Then the Lord spoke to Moses saying

   YLT  28And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses saying

And the Lord spake unto Moses .... At the same time the above laws were delivered; for what follows relates to the sacrifice of the peace offerings:

saying; as follows.

 

Leviticus 7:29.  29 “Speak to the children of Israel saying: ‘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.

   YLT  29`Speak unto the sons of Israel saying He who is bringing near the sacrifice of his peace-offerings to Jehovah doth bring in his offering to Jehovah from the sacrifice of his peace-offerings;

Speak unto the children of Israel saying .... Giving them the further instructions concerning their peace offerings:

he that offereth the sacrifice of his peace offerings unto the Lord; whether it he for thanksgiving or as a vow or a voluntary oblation and whether it be of the herd or of the flock an ox or a cow a lamb or a goat:

shall bring his oblation unto the Lord of the sacrifice of his peace offerings; that is the unleavened cakes wafers and fried cakes and unleavened bread which are called the whole oblation Leviticus 7:10.

 

Leviticus 7:30.  30 His own hands shall bring the offerings made by fire to the Lord. The fat with the breast he shall bring that the breast may be waved as a wave offering before the Lord.

   YLT  30his own hands do bring in the fire-offerings of Jehovah the fat beside the breast it he doth bring in with the breast to wave it -- a wave-offering before Jehovah.

His own hands shall bring the offerings of the Lord made by fire .... That is such parts of the peace offerings as were to be burnt with fire as the fat on several parts described in Leviticus 3:3 the owners of the offerings were to bring them in the manner as will be presently observed:

the fat with the breast it shall he bring; the fat to be burnt and the breast for the priest and his sons as in the following verse Leviticus 7:31

that the breast may be waved for a wave offering before the Lord; how this waving was performed; see Gill on Exodus 29:24 particularly with respect to these peace offerings it was thus; if a thank offering the priest takes of the bread brought with it one (cake) out of ten and lays it with the breast the shoulder and the inwards and waves all upon the hands of the owners; on which he puts the fat then the breast and the shoulder above (i.e. upon the fat) then the two kidneys and the caul and the liver above them; and if there was any bread he put it over them and waved all putting his hand under the hands of the ownerF19Maimon. Maaseh Hakorbanot c. 9. sect. 6 7. so Ben Gersom in loc. .

 

Leviticus 7:31.  31 And the priest shall burn the fat on the altar but the breast shall be Aaron’s and his sons’.

   YLT  31`And the priest hath made perfume with the fat on the altar and the breast hath been Aaron's and his sons;

And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar .... Of burnt offering even the fat upon the inwards the two kidneys the flanks the caul and liver:

but the breast shall be Aaron's and his sons; which being waved before the Lord for a wave offering was the Lord's and so was given to his priests to eat of for the service done by them it being but reasonable that they that serve at the altar should live of it; and thus with other things a maintenance was provided for the priests and their families as ought also to be for Gospel ministers under the present dispensation.

 

Leviticus 7:32.  32 Also the right thigh you shall give to the priest as a heave offering from the sacrifices of your peace offerings.

   YLT  32and the right leg ye do make a heave-offering to the priest of the sacrifices of your peace-offerings;

And the right shoulder shall ye give unto the priest for an heave offering .... Whether of an ox or a cow a lamb or a goat:

of the sacrifices of your peace offerings; which were of either of these creatures; the Targum of Jonathan paraphrases it "the right arm from the shoulder to the elbow.'The breast being the seat of wisdom and the shoulder of strength some think denote Christ as the wisdom and power of God unto his people his priests who have all their knowledge and strength from him and who bears them on his heart and on his shoulder.

 

Leviticus 7:33.  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.

   YLT  33he of the sons of Aaron who is bringing near the blood of the peace-offerings and the fat his is the right leg for a portion.

He among the sons of Aaron that offereth the blood of the peace offerings and the fat .... Who sprinkled the blood of them upon the altar round about and burnt the fat upon it which were rites enjoined to be observed Leviticus 3:2

shall have the right shoulder for his part; his particular part and share because of his service: Aben Ezra remarks that the right shoulder was given to him that sprinkled the blood and the breast to all the priests; and Jarchi observes that he that was fit for sprinkling the blood and burning the fat and went out an unclean person in the time of sprinkling the blood or burning the fat had no part in the flesh.

 

Leviticus 7:34.  34 For 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.’”

   YLT  34`For the breast of the wave-offering and the leg of the heave-offering I have taken from the sons of Israel from the sacrifices of their peace-offerings and I give them to Aaron the priest and to his sons by a statute age-during from the sons of Israel.'

For the wave breast and the heave shoulder have I taken of the children of Israel .... These two parts were particularly pitched upon and selected:

from off the sacrifices of their peace offering; the rest being allowed the owners besides what were burnt:

and have given them unto Aaron the priest and unto his sons by a statute for ever from among the children of Israel; as long as the priesthood lasted even to the coming of the Messiah in whom all these sacrifices would have their accomplishment and their end.

 

Leviticus 7:35.  35 This is the consecrated portion for Aaron and his sons from the offerings made by fire to the Lord on the day when Moses presented them to minister to the Lord as priests.

   YLT  35This [is] the anointing of Aaron and the anointing of his sons out of the fire-offerings of Jehovah in the day he hath brought them near to act as priest to Jehovah

This is the portion of the anointing of Aaron .... Of his being anointed to the priestly office; this is the part allotted and assigned him for the execution of it; this is the reward as Aben Ezra interprets it of his faithful performance of it namely his having the wave breast and heave shoulder of the peace offerings and a cake out of everyone of the unleavened cakes together with the leavened bread besides other perquisites from other offerings:

and of the anointing of his sons; the successors of him in the priest hood; the Targum of Jonathan adds above all their brethren the Levites:

out of the offerings of the Lord made by fire; out of such whose fat on the several parts of them was burnt with fire such as the peace offerings were:

in the day when he presented them to minister unto the Lord in the priest's office; when they were ordered to be taken out from among the children of Israel and to be consecrated to and invested with the priest's office as they were by Moses and presented by him unto him as his priests; at that time the above portion was assigned them as follows.

 

Leviticus 7:36.  36 The Lord commanded this to be given to them by the children of Israel on the day that He anointed them by a statute forever throughout their generations.

   YLT  36which Jehovah hath commanded to give to them in the day of His anointing them from the sons of Israel -- a statute age-during to their generations.

Which the Lord commanded to be given them of the children of Israel .... Whenever they brought their offerings to be offered up by them such parts thereof were ordered to be allowed them as theirs:

in the day that he anointed them; or from the day they were anointed of Moses by the direction of the Lord from that time they had a right and claim to the above things out of the sacrifices brought so Aben Ezra: and this was

by a statute for ever throughout their generations; in all successive generations unto the coming of the Messiah which would put an end to their priesthood. Thus the Lord provided for the maintenance of his ministers till that time came; and since it has been the ordinance of Christ that they which preach the Gospel should live of the Gospel 1 Corinthians 9:13.

 

Leviticus 7:37.  37 This is the law of the burnt offering the grain offering the sin offering the trespass offering the consecrations and the sacrifice of the peace offering

   YLT  37This [is] the law for burnt-offering for present and for sin-offering and for guilt-offering and for consecrations and for a sacrifice of the peace-offerings

This is the law of the burnt offering .... As delivered Leviticus 6:9

of the meat offering; as in Leviticus 6:14

and of the sin offering; as in Leviticus 6:25

and of the trespass offering; as in Leviticus 7:1

and of the consecrations; of Aaron and his sons to the priest's office as in Leviticus 6:20

and of the sacrifice of the peace offerings; as in this chapter Leviticus 7:11 for this is only a recapitulation of the several laws respecting these things before observed.

 

Leviticus 7:38.  38 which the Lord commanded Moses on Mount Sinai on the day when He commanded the children of Israel to offer their offerings to the Lord in the Wilderness of Sinai.

   YLT  38which Jehovah hath commanded Moses in Mount Sinai in the day of his commanding the sons of Israel to bring near their offerings to Jehovah in the wilderness of Sinai.

Which the Lord commanded Moses in Mount Sinai .... Or "by" or "near"F20בהר "by the mount"; so Patrick in loc. Mount Sinai; for the above laws were not given to Moses when on the mount but after the tabernacle was erected and out of it as appears from Leviticus 1:1 and to which what follows agrees:

in the day that he commanded the children of Israel to offer their oblations unto the Lord in the wilderness of Sinai; where they were when the above laws were delivered to them and which wilderness had its name from the mount near to which they now were and where the tabernacle was pitched from whence the Lord spoke; and so the Targum of Jonathan paraphrases it "in the tabernacle which they made for him in the wilderness of Sinai;'there they were ordered to offer their oblations of every sort as before directed. It should be observed that this is to be understood of the command given in the wilderness to offer sacrifices but not of the sacrifices themselves then offered which were not done while there; see Jeremiah 7:22.

 

──John Gill’s Exposition of the Bible

 

New King James Version (NKJV)

Footnotes:

  1. Leviticus 7:21 Following Masoretic Text Septuagint and Vulgate; Samaritan Pentateuch Syriac and Targum read swarming thing (compare 5:2).