Leviticus 3:5

_AND THE TWO KIDNEYS, AND THE FAT THAT IS ON THEM, WHICH IS BY THE FLANKS, AND THE CAUL ABOVE THE LIVER, WITH THE KIDNEYS, IT SHALL HE TAKE AWAY._ THE TWO KIDNEYS ... OF THE FLOCK ... THE WHOLE RUMP, ['alyaah] - the tail of the Syrian sheep, ovis laticaudia (Linnoeus) (Leviticus 7:3; Leviticus 8:25; Leviticus 9:19; Exodus 29:22). There is in Eastern countries a species of sheep the tails of which are not less than four feet and a half in length. These tails are of a substance between fat and marrow. A sheep of this kind weighs 60 or 70 English pounds weight, of which the tail usually weighs 15 pounds or more. This species i

1-5 The peace-offerings had regard to God as the giver of all good things. These were divided between the altar, the priest, and the owner. They were called peace-offering, because in them God and his people did, as it were, feast together, in token of friendship. The peace-offerings were offered by way of supplication. If a man were in pursuit of any mercy, he would add a peace-offering to his prayer for it. Christ is our Peace, our Peace-offering; for through him alone it is that we can obtain an answer of peace to our prayers. Or, the peace-offering was offered by way of thanksgiving for some mercy received. We must offer to God the sacrifice of praise continually, by Christ our Peace; and then this shall please the Lord better than an ox or bullock....

Verse Leviticus 3:5. _AARON'S SONS SHALL BURN IT_] As the _fat_ was deemed the most _valuable_ part of the animal, it was offered in preference to all other parts; and the heathens probably borrowed this custom from the Jews, for they burnt the _omentum_ or _caul_ in honour of their gods....

UPON THE BURNT SACRIFICE - Upon the ashes of the continual burnt-offering Exodus 29:38, in accordance with Leviticus 6:12....

EXPOSITION THE PEACE OFFERING. The peace offering, though the instructions here given respecting it precede those relating to the sin offering (for a reason to be stated hereafter), is the last in order of the sacrifices when they were all presented together. First, the sin offering taught the need of, and symbolically wrought, propitiation and atonement; next the burnt offering represented the absolute surrender of man's will to God's will; then the meat offering, by its gift of homage, declared the loyal submission of the offerer; and then followed the peace offering, symbolizing the festive joy which pervades the souls of those who are in communion with God. the essential characteristic of the peace offering is the feast upon the sacrifice, participated in symbolically by God (by means of the part consumed on the altar, and the part eaten by his ministers) and actually by the offerer...

AND AARON'S SONS SHALL BURN IT ON THE ALTAR,.... That is, the fat of the several parts before mentioned; this signified the sufferings of Christ, by which our peace is made, and by whose death we are reconciled to God: this rite of burning the fat of the inwards of sacrifices was used by the Pagans, and is still retained by the idolatrous Indians to this day h: UPON THE BURNT SACRIFICE; which, as Gersom says, was the burnt offering of the daily sacrifice of the morning, which was offered first of all sacrifices; so Jarchi says, "we learn that the daily burnt offering preceded every other offering:'' this was an eminent type of Christ's sacrifice: WHICH IS UPON THE WOOD THAT [IS] ON THE FIRE; that is, which burnt offering was laid upon the wood on the fire, and the fat of the peace offering upon that: [IT IS] AN OFFERING MADE BY FIRE, OF A SWEET SAVOUR UNTO THE LORD; as Christ's sacr...

3. THE PEACE OFFERING CHAPTER 3 _ 1. The ox (Leviticus 3:1)_ 2. The sheep or goat (Leviticus 3:6) This is the third “sweet savour offering,” and is closely linked with the burnt offering, but it differs from it, especially, in that part of it was to be eaten. The peace offering also had the character of a thank offering (Leviticus 7:11). As it was offered on the altar upon the burnt sacrifice, it cannot therefore be separated from Christ offering Himself as the burnt offering. Leviticus 7:11 contains the law of the peace offering and tells of the eating of the peace offering, which is not mention

III. PEACE OFFERINGS. This properly follows ch. 1, and describes the ritual of the next great class of sacrifices, the peace offerings. These are familiar in the narrative parts of the OT, and the Book of the Covenant. The root of the Heb. term for peace offering denotes not simply peace in our sense, but being quits with another. In the OT generally, the peace offering is a common meal, wherein God, priest, and worshippers sit down, as it were, together, in token that there is nothing which separates them, and that all causes of displeasure on the part of God are at an end. This offering is often spoken of as sacrifice par excellence (_cf._ 1 Samuel 11:15; 1 Kings 1:19). It often takes the form of a family or communal commemoration, of a joyous and festal character ...

BURN. burn as incense. Hebrew. _katar._ App-43. SWEET SAVOUR. savour of satisfaction. See note on Genesis 8:21....

_on the altar upon the burnt offering_ The remains of the daily Burnt-Offering were not removed till the following morning, when a fresh Burnt-Offering was placed on wood kindled from the fire of yesterday. The fat parts of the Peace-Offering were placed upon the Burnt-Offering of the day. Cp. Leviticus 6:12....