Leviticus 7:23

_AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES, SAYING,_ Ye shall eat no manner of fat. The prohibition, though at first sight absolute, is by the context restricted to the fatty portions of the sacrificial beasts, specified in a previous chapter (Leviticus 3:3; Leviticus 3:9: cf. Genesis 4:4); and in regard to such cattle as had died from disease, or had been mangled by beasts of prey, the fat, though unfit, through defilement, to be eaten (Leviticus 17:15; Leviticus 22:8), might be used in various other ways. Verse 26. Ye shall eat no mann

23._Speak unto the children of Israel. _Since in all sacrifices the fat was consecrated to God, and was burnt on the altar, God forbade His people to eat fat even in their ordinary meals, in order that they might cultivate piety even in their homes. For unquestionably this was an exercise of piety, that they who were far away from the temple should still accustom themselves in their daily meals to the service of God. Nor am I ignorant of the allegories (289) in which some interpreters indulge, but I willingly acquiesce in the reason which God reveals, viz., that the people was prohibited from eating fat, because He had assigned it to Himself. Nevertheless, the Law permits the fat of a carcase, (290) or of an animal torn (by beasts) to be applied to any use, provided they abstain from the fat of those animals which might be legally offered....

11-27 As to the peace-offerings, in the expression of their sense of mercy, God left them more at liberty, than in the expression of their sense of sin; that their sacrifices, being free-will offerings, might be the more acceptable, while, by obliging them to bring the sacrifices of atonement, God shows the necessity of the great Propitiation. The main reason why blood was forbidden of old, was because the Lord had appointed blood for an atonement. This use, being figurative, had its end in Christ, who by his death and blood-shedding caused the sacrifices to cease. Therefore this law is not now in force on believers....

Verse Leviticus 7:23. _FAT, OF OX, OR OF SHEEP, OR OF GOAT._] Any _other_ fat they might eat, but the fat of these was sacred, because they were the only animals which were offered in sacrifice, though many others ranked among the _clean_ animals as well as these. But it is likely that this prohibition is to be understood of these animals _when_ offered in sacrifice, and _then only_ in reference to the _inward fat_, as mentioned on Leviticus 7:4. Of the fat in any other circumstances it cannot be intended, as it was one of the especial blessings which God gave to the people. _Butter of kine_, _and milk of sheep, with_ FAT _of_ LAMBS, _and_ RAMS _of the breed_ _of Bashan, and_ GOATS, were the provision that he gave to his followers. See...

This is emphatically addressed to the people. They were not to eat in their own meal what belonged to the altar of Yahweh, nor what was the perquisite of the priests. See Leviticus 7:33....

EXPOSITION CONTINUATION OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL REGULATIONS ADDRESSED TO THE PRIESTS, RESPECTING THE RITUAL OF THE SACRIFICES. This chapter treats of the ritual of the trespass offering and the peace offerings, as the last chapter treated of that of the burnt offering, the meat offering, and the sin offering. The LXX. version attaches the first ten verses of this chapter to Leviticus 6:1, beginning Leviticus 7:1 with our Leviticus 7:11

SPEAK UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, SAYING,.... Putting them in mind, by repeating to them the laws concerning fat and blood, Leviticus 3:17 YE SHALL EAT NO MANNER OF FAT; of any creature fit for food, whose flesh otherwise may be eaten, and particularly OF OX, OR OF SHEEP, OR OF GOATS: creatures used in sacrifice; though this is not to be restrained to such of them, and the fat of them that were sacrificed, whose fat was claimed by the Lord as his, and was burnt on his altar; but this is to be understood of the fat of these creatures when killed for their common use, for the food of them and their families; the fat even of these was not to be eaten; that which was not separated from the flesh, but mixed with it, might be eaten, but not that which was separated l. l Bechai in Lev. 3. 17....

6. THE LAWS OF THE OFFERINGS Chapter S 6:8-7:38 _ 1. The law of the burnt offering (Leviticus 6:8)_ 2. The law of the meal offering (Leviticus 6:14) 3. The offering of the high priest (Leviticus 6:19) 4. The law of the sin offering (Leviticus 6:24) 5. The law of the trespass offering (Leviticus 7:1) 6. The law of the sacrifice of the peace offerings (Leviticus 7:11) After Jehovah had given

LEVITICUS 6:8 TO LEVITICUS 7:38. SPECIAL MANUAL FOR PRIESTS, given to Aaron and his sons (Leviticus 6:9; Leviticus 6:14; Leviticus 6:25, etc.; contrast Leviticus 4:2, etc.). The peace offering is here placed last. It may be noted that two sections (Leviticus 7:7 and Leviticus 7:22) seem to b

SPEAK. Used only of the non-savour offering. See note on Leviticus 6:14. ("Jehovah called and spake _re_ the sweet savour offering", Leviticus 1:1.) CHILDREN. sons. NO MANNER OF FAT: i.e. of beeves, sheep, or goats....