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Contemporary English Version

Leviticus 7:4

as well as the lower part of the liver and the two kidneys with their fat.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Caul;   Fat;   Kidney;   Offerings;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Sacrifices;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Sacrifice;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Guilt;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Caul;   Liver;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Sacrifice;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Leviticus;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Caul;   Kidneys;   Propitiation;   Sacrifice and Offering;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Caul;   Kidneys;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Worship, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Caul;   Kidneys;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Capital Punishment;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys, shall he take away;
King James Version
And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the caul that is above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away:
Lexham English Bible
and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is on the loins, and he must remove the lobe on the liver in addition to the kidneys.
New Century Version
both kidneys with the fat that is on them near the lower back muscle, and the best part of the liver, which is to be removed with the kidneys.
New English Translation
the two kidneys and the fat on their sinews, and the protruding lobe on the liver (which he must remove along with the kidneys).
Amplified Bible
and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them at the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which he shall remove with the kidneys.
New American Standard Bible
and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, which is on the loins; and he shall remove the lobe on the liver with the kidneys.
Geneva Bible (1587)
After he shall take away the two kidneis, with the fat that is on them & vpon the flankes, and the kall on the liuer with the kidneis.
Legacy Standard Bible
and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, which is on the loins, and the lobe on the liver he shall remove with the kidneys.
Complete Jewish Bible
the two kidneys, the fat on them near the flanks, and the covering of the liver, which he will remove with the kidneys.
Darby Translation
and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the net above the liver, which he shall take away as far as the kidneys.
Easy-to-Read Version
He must offer the two kidneys and the fat covering them at the lower back muscle. He must also offer the fat part of the liver. He must remove it with the kidneys.
English Standard Version
the two kidneys with the fat that is on them at the loins, and the long lobe of the liver that he shall remove with the kidneys.
George Lamsa Translation
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 he shall take away;
Good News Translation
the kidneys and the fat on them, and the best part of the liver.
Christian Standard Bible®
and the two kidneys with the fat on them at the loins; he will also remove the fatty lobe of the liver with the kidneys.
Literal Translation
and the two kidneys, and the fat on them, on the flanks, and the lobe above the liver beside the kidneys, he shall remove.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
the two kydneys with the fat yt is theron vpon the loynes, and the net on the leuer vpon the kydneys also.
American Standard Version
and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the caul upon the liver, with the kidneys, shall he take away;
Bible in Basic English
And the two kidneys, and the fat on them, which is by the top of the legs, and the fat joining the liver and the kidneys, he is to take away:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the two kydneys, and the fat that is on them, and vpon the flankes, and the kall that is on the liuer shalt thou take away with the kydneys.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the lobe above the liver, which he shall take away by the kidneys.
King James Version (1611)
And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flankes, and the caule that is aboue the liuer, with the kidneys, it shall he take away.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he shall bring one of all his gifts, a separate offering to the Lord: it shall belong to the priest who pours forth the blood of the peace-offering.
English Revised Version
and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the caul upon the liver, with the kidneys, shall he take away:
Berean Standard Bible
both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which is to be removed with the kidneys.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
the twei litle reynes, and the fatnesse which is bisidis ilioun, and the calle of the mawe, with the litle reynes.
Young's Literal Translation
and the two kidneys, and the fat which [is] on them, which [is] on the flanks, and the redundance above the liver (beside the kidneys he doth turn it aside);
Update Bible Version
and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the caul on the liver, with the kidneys, he shall take away;
Webster's Bible Translation
And the two kidneys, and the fat that [is] on them, which [is] by the flanks, and the caul [that is] above the liver, with the kidneys, that shall he take away:
World English Bible
and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys, shall he take away;
New King James Version
the two kidneys and the fat that is on them by the flanks, and the fatty lobe attached to the liver above the kidneys, he shall remove;
New Living Translation
the two kidneys and the fat around them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver. These are to be removed with the kidneys,
New Life Bible
the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, and the part that is on the liver which he will take away with the kidneys.
New Revised Standard
the two kidneys with the fat that is on them at the loins, and the appendage of the liver, which shall be removed with the kidneys.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and the two kidneys, with the fat that is upon them, which is upon the loins, - and the caul upon the liver, up to the kidneys, shall he remove it.
Douay-Rheims Bible
The two little kidneys, and the fat which is by the flanks, and the caul of the liver with the little kidneys.
Revised Standard Version
the two kidneys with the fat that is on them at the loins, and the appendage of the liver which he shall take away with the kidneys;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, which is on the loins, and the lobe on the liver he shall remove with the kidneys.

Contextual Overview

1 The Lord said: The sacrifice to make things right is very sacred. 2 The animal must be killed in the same place where the sacrifice to please me is killed, and the animal's blood must be splattered against the four sides of the bronze altar. 3 Offer all of the animal's fat, including the fat on its tail and on its insides, 4 as well as the lower part of the liver and the two kidneys with their fat. 5 One of the priests will lay these pieces on the altar and send them up in smoke to me. 6 This sacrifice for making things right is very holy. Only the priests may eat it, and they must eat it in a holy place. 7 The ceremony for this sacrifice and the one for sin are just alike, and the meat may be eaten only by the priest who performs this ceremony of forgiveness. 8 In fact, the priest who offers a sacrifice to please me may keep the skin of the animal, 9 just as he may eat the bread from a sacrifice to give thanks to me. 10 All other grain sacrifices—with or without olive oil in them—are to be divided equally among the priests of Aaron's family.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Leviticus 3:3 - the fat Leviticus 3:4 - General Leviticus 7:23 - fat

Cross-References

Genesis 2:5
no grass or plants were growing anywhere. God had not yet sent any rain, and there was no one to work the land.
Genesis 6:3
Then the Lord said, "I won't let my life-giving breath remain in anyone forever. No one will live for more than one hundred twenty years."
Genesis 6:7
and he said, "I'll destroy every living creature on earth! I'll wipe out people, animals, birds, and reptiles. I'm sorry I ever made them."
Genesis 6:13
So he told Noah: Cruelty and violence have spread everywhere. Now I'm going to destroy the whole earth and all its people.
Genesis 6:17
I'm going to send a flood that will destroy everything that breathes! Nothing will be left alive.
Genesis 7:10
Seven days later a flood began to cover the earth.
Genesis 7:11
Noah was six hundred years old when the water under the earth started gushing out everywhere. The sky opened like windows, and rain poured down for forty days and nights. All this began on the seventeenth day of the second month of the year.
Genesis 7:17
For forty days the rain poured down without stopping. And the water became deeper and deeper, until the boat started floating high above the ground.
Genesis 7:21
Not a bird, animal, reptile, or human was left alive anywhere on earth.
Genesis 8:10
Seven days later Noah sent the dove out again.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the two kidneys, and the fat that [is] on them,.... Which are usually covered with fat:

which [is] by the flanks: or rather that which is "upon" them y; for this respects not the situation of the kidneys, nor the fat upon them, but the fat which is upon the flanks, as distinct from that, and where there are great collops of it, see Job 15:27:

and the caul [that is] above the liver; the lobe upon the liver, according to the Septuagint:

with the kidneys, it shall he take away; all the fat before mentioned, together with the kidneys, were to be taken away from the ram of the trespass offering, and burnt, as follows.

y אשר על הכסלים "et qui est superiliis", Tigurine version.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See Leviticus 5:14 note. In Leviticus 7:2 “sprinkle” should rather be cast Leviticus 1:5. All the details regarding the parts put on the altar are repeated for each kind of sacrifice, because the matter was one of paramount importance.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Leviticus 7:4. The fat that is on them — Chiefly the fat that was found in a detached state, not mixed with the muscles; such as the omentum or caul, the fat of the mesentery, the fat about the kidneys, &c. Leviticus 3:9, &c.


 
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