Leviticus 7:1-7

The Guilt Offering

1 “ ‘These are the regulations for the guilt offering, which is most holy:

2 The guilt offering is to be slaughtered in the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered, and its blood is to be splashed against the sides of the altar.

3 All its fat shall be offered: the fat tail and the fat that covers the internal organs,

4 both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver, which is to be removed with the kidneys.

5 The priest shall burn them on the altar as a food offering presented to the LORD. It is a guilt offering.

6 Any male in a priest’s family may eat it, but it must be eaten in the sanctuary area; it is most holy.

7 “ ‘The same law applies to both the sin offering^[a] and the guilt offering: They belong to the priest who makes atonement with them.

Leviticus 7:1-7 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO LEVITICUS 7

The several things contained in this chapter are the law of the trespass offering, Le 7:1-7 the portion the priests had in the burnt offerings and meat offerings, Le 7:8-10 the law of the peace offerings, whether by way of thanksgiving, or a vow, or voluntary oblation, Le 7:11-21 the prohibition of fat and blood, Le 7:22-27 the parts the priests should have in the peace offerings, the breast and right shoulder, Le 7:28-36 and the chapter is concluded with a recapitulation of the various things contained in this and the preceding chapters, Le 7:37,38.

Cross References

• 1. S Leviticus 5:15; Ezekiel 40:39; Lev 5:14-6:7
• 2. S Exodus 29:13; Leviticus 3:4,9
• 3. Leviticus 3:15
• 4. S Exodus 29:13
• 5. S Leviticus 6:18; Numbers 18:9-10
• 6. Ezekiel 42:13; Leviticus 2:3
• 7. S Exodus 30:10
• 8. S Leviticus 5:15
• 9. ver 6; Leviticus 2:3; Leviticus 6:17,26; Leviticus 14:13; 2 Kings 12:16; 1 Corinthians 9:13; 1 Corinthians 10:18
• 10. Numbers 5:8

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "purification offering" ; also in verse 37