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Leviticus 4:19
And he is to remove all the fat from it and burn it on the altar.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The priest executes this action after handling the bull's blood at the Tent of Meeting's altar. This occurs within the sin offering ritual for the congregation or a leader.
The words — The verb יָרִים (ya.Rim) literally means "he will lift up" or remove, and וְ/הִקְטִ֖יר (ve./hik.Tir) means "he will make smoke" or burn. These terms govern the extraction of the חֶלְבּוֹ (chel.B/o, its fat) and its placement on the הַמִּזְבֵּחָה (ha.miz.Be.cha, the altar).
The thread — Leviticus 4:8, 4:26, and 4:31 repeat the command to remove all fat and burn it on the altar for other sin offerings. The text places this burning immediately before the priest's declaration of atonement and the people's forgiveness.
Why it lands — The passage mandates the complete removal and combustion of the fat without exception or substitution. It requires the priest to perform a fixed, physical act that precedes the ritual's legal resolution.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And he shall take all his fat from him, and burn it upon the altar.
Cross-references
- 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 4:26 He must burn all its fat on the altar, like the fat of the peace offerings; thus the priest will make atonement for that man’s sin, and he will be forgiven.
- Leviticus 4:31 Then he is to remove all the fat, just as it is removed from the peace offering, and the priest is to burn it on the altar as a pleasing aroma to the LORD. In this way the priest will make atonement for him, and he will be forgiven.
- Leviticus 4:35 And he shall remove all the fat, just as the fat of the lamb is removed from the peace offerings, and he shall burn it on the altar along with the food offerings to the LORD. In this way the priest will make atonement for him for the sin he has committed, and he will be forgiven.
- Leviticus 5:6 and he must bring his guilt offering to the LORD for the sin he has committed: a female lamb or goat from the flock as a sin offering. And the priest will make atonement for him concerning his sin.
- Leviticus 6:7 In this way the priest will make atonement for him before the LORD, and he will be forgiven for anything he may have done to incur guilt.”
- Leviticus 12:8 But if she cannot afford a lamb, she shall bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering. Then the priest will make atonement for her, and she will be clean.’”
- Leviticus 14:18 The rest of the oil in his palm, the priest is to put on the head of the one to be cleansed, to make atonement for him before the LORD.
- Numbers 15:25 The priest is to make atonement for the whole congregation of Israel, so that they may be forgiven; for the sin was unintentional and they have brought to the LORD a food offering and a sin offering, presented before the LORD for their unintentional sin.
- Psalms 22:14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.