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Leviticus 16:25
He is also to burn the fat of the sin offering on the altar.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The high priest performs this action during the Day of Atonement ritual, occurring after the scapegoat has been sent away and following his own bathing and change into his regular garments.
The words — חֵלֶב (chelev) denotes the specific fat portion, while יַקְטִיר (yaktir) literally means he will make smoke, directing the action toward the altar.
The thread — This directive mirrors the prescribed treatment of sin offering fat in Exodus 29:13 and Leviticus 4:8, 4:19, where the same fat portions are consistently ordered to be burned on the altar.
Why it lands — The text commands the complete consumption of the sin offering's fat by fire on the altar, requiring the reader to recognize fat as the designated portion for divine burning rather than human consumption.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And the fat of the sin offering shall he burn upon the altar.
Cross-references
- Exodus 29:13 Take all the fat that covers the entrails and the lobe of the liver, and both kidneys with the fat on them, and burn them on the altar.
- Leviticus 4:8 Then he shall remove all the fat from the bull of the sin offering—the fat that covers the entrails, all the fat that is on them,
- Leviticus 4:19 And he is to remove all the fat from it and burn it on the altar.
- Leviticus 16:6 Aaron is to present the bull for his sin offering and make atonement for himself and his household.