The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 3:17
The guardian of sacred feeling. No little stress is laid on the prohibition of two things—the fat and the blood of slain animals: it was to be "a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings." The fat thus interdicted was that which was offered in sacrifice ( Leviticus 3:3 , Leviticus 3:4 , Leviticus 3:9 , Leviticus 3:10 ), not that which was interlined with the lean ( Nehemiah 8:10 ). We may look at— I. THE MEANING OF THIS PROHIBITION IN ... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 3:17
Eat neither fat nor blood. These are forbidden to be eaten, as belonging to God. The fat, that is, the internal fat, is his portion in the common feast of the peace offering, and the blood is presented to him in all the animal sacrifices, as the material vehicle of life (see Le Leviticus 7:22-27 ). The remaining regulations as to the various sorts of the peace offerings, the priests' portions of them, and the festive meal on the sacrifices, are given in Le Leviticus 7:11-34 . read more