Leviticus 3:17 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 3:6-17

Directions are here given concerning the peace-offering, if it was a sheep or a goat. Turtle-doves or young pigeons, which might be brought for whole burnt offerings, were not allowed for peace-offerings, because they have no fat considerable enough to be burnt upon the altar; and they would be next to nothing if they were to be divided according to the law of the peace-offerings. The laws concerning a lamb or goat offered for a peace offering are much the same with those concerning a bullock,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 3:17

It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations ,.... That is, unto the end of the Mosaic dispensation, until the Messiah comes, and his sacrifice is offered up, and his blood is shed, till that time in all generations: and throughout all your dwellings ; wherever their habitations should be, it is a law to be observed: that ye eat neither fat nor blood ; the Jewish writers think, that this is not to be restrained to the fat and blood of sacrifices, because these were not... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 3:17

That ye eat neither fat nor blood - It is not likely that the fat should be forbidden in the same manner and in the same latitude as the blood. The blood was the life of the beast, and that was offered to make an atonement for their souls; consequently, this was never eaten in all their generations: but it was impossible to separate the fat from the flesh, which in many parts is so intimately intermixed with the muscular fibres; but the blood, being contained in separate vessels, the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 3:1-17

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 3:1-17

The peace offering was not a sacrifice denoting self-devotion like the burnt-offering, nor a tender of homage like the meat offering, but a feast upon a sacrifice, which God and man symbolically joined in partaking of. The offering consisted of an animal and unleavened cakes and (generally) leavened bread, of which a share was given to God's altar and priests on the one hand, and to the offerer and his friends on the other. It represented the blessedness and joyousness of communion between... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 3:1-17

Fellowship with God and man as illustrated in the peace offering also Leviticus 7:11-21 , Leviticus 7:28-34 ; Leviticus 19:6-8 ; Leviticus 22:29 , Leviticus 22:30 ; of 1 John 1:6 , 1 John 1:7 ; John 6:33 . We have found in the burnt offering the principle of entire personal consecration, and in the meat offering that of consecrated life-work. We have seen how these have their perfect fulfillment only in the case of Jesus Christ, while in other cases they are preceded by... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 3:1-17

The peace offerings, also called thank offerings or salvation offerings. The twofold object—to acknowledge salvation received, to supplicate salvation desired. Three kinds—praise offerings, vow offerings, free-will offerings. Considerable freedom permitted in them, though still restrictions observed. Male and female victims, of the herd and flock, but only those without blemish. No pigeons permitted, because a pair of pigeons insufficient for the sacrificial meal, which was so... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 3:6-17

The peace offering of the flock. The ceremony in relation to this is almost identical with that of the herd already described. Nevertheless, there are a few expressions in the course of the description which are not found in the former paragraph. We call attention to— 1. THE DESCRIPTION OF THE FAT OF THE LAMB . Leviticus 3:8-10 . 1 . Note the expression, "The fat thereof, and the whole rump." The "and" here is expletive rather than copulative, thus, "The fat... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 3:16-17

Jehovah's portion. As the Author of life and the Giver of all bounty, God might have claimed the whole of every sacrifice. But he discriminated between the parts of the victim, sometimes reserving for himself the greater share, at other times only a small proportion of that presented to him. In the peace offering there was selected for the altar, as God's perquisite, the "fat" of the animal, and the remainder went to the priests and the offerer. I. LEARN THAT NOT THE MEANEST ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 3:6-17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 3:17

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 3:17

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 3:1-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 3:1-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 3:1-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 3:1-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 3:6-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 3:16-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 3:17

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