Exodus 29:13
13You are to take all the fat that covers the entrails, and the lobe ▼ that is above the liver, and the two kidneys and the fat that is on them, and burn them ▼▼tn Heb “turn [them] into sweet smoke” since the word is used for burning incense.
▼▼sn The giving of the visceral organs and the fat has received various explanations. The fat represented the best, and the best was to go to God. If the animal is a substitute, then the visceral organs represent the will of the worshiper in an act of surrender to God.
on the altar.
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