John Gill's Exposition on Leviticus 3:16

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And the priest shall burn them upon the altar, etc.] Which shows that not the fat only, but the inwards and the kidneys, were burnt also; so Maimonides says f82, that the priest salted the parts, and burned them upon the altar; and the priests might not have the breast and shoulder (which were what belonged to them) until the parts were burnt: [it is] the food of the offering made by fire; which the Lord ate of, or accepted of: for a sweet savour; as a type of the sweet smelling sacrifice of Christ, with which he is well pleased; all the fat is the Lord’s; that is, all that was upon the parts mentioned in the several sacrifices of peace offerings, which was to be taken off and burnt: though the Jewish writers understand it of all fat in general, and so interpret the law that follows.

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