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John Gill's Exposition on Exodus 29:22
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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat and the rump, etc.] The fat which was upon it: the sheep in Arabia and about Judea were remarkable for their large tails; according to Rauwolff f866, they were half a span thick, and one and a half broad, and very fat; and so in Africa and Egypt were rams of large tails often and twenty pounds weight f867; and Aristotle f868 speaks of sheep in Syria that had tails a cubit broad; and Herodotus f869 makes mention of two sorts in Arabia, one sort have tails three cubits long, which if drawn upon the ground would ulcerate, wherefore the shepherds make little carts to bear them upon f870, and the other sort have tails a cubit broad; and Vartomanus f871 relates, how in Arabia are fat sheep whose tails weigh eleven, twelve, seventeen, nay, forty four pounds, and of a cubit long: and the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul of the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them: ((see Gill on “<022913>Exodus 29:13”)) and the right shoulder; what was to be done with it is afterwards observed as well as with the rest: for it is a ram of consecration; or “of fillings” f872; Jarchi says, the Scripture declares these fillings to be peace offerings, for they minister peace to the altar, and to him that does the service, and to the owners; wherefore the breast was necessarily his that did the service for his portion, and this was Moses, for he ministered in the fillings, and the rest Aaron and his sons ate, for they were the owners.
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