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Leviticus — Capítulo 3

THE PEACE OFFERING OF THE HERD. (Lev. 3:1-17) if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace offering--"Peace" being used in Scripture to denote prosperity and happiness generally, a peace offering was a voluntary tribute of…

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Texto — Reina-Valera 1960

1Si su ofrenda fuere sacrificio de paz, si hubiere de ofrecerla de ganado vacuno, sea macho o hembra, sin defecto la ofrecerá delante de Jehová.

2Pondrá su mano sobre la cabeza de su ofrenda, y la degollará a la puerta del tabernáculo de reunión; y los sacerdotes hijos de Aarón rociarán su sangre sobre el altar alrededor.

3Luego ofrecerá del sacrificio de paz, como ofrenda encendida a Jehová, la grosura que cubre los intestinos, y toda la grosura que está sobre las entrañas,

4y los dos riñones y la grosura que está sobre ellos, y sobre los ijares; y con los riñones quitará la grosura de los intestinos que está sobre el hígado.

5Y los hijos de Aarón harán arder esto en el altar, sobre el holocausto que estará sobre la leña que habrá encima del fuego; es ofrenda de olor grato para Jehová.

6Mas si de ovejas fuere su ofrenda para sacrificio de paz a Jehová, sea macho o hembra, la ofrecerá sin defecto.

7Si ofreciere cordero por su ofrenda, lo ofrecerá delante de Jehová.

8Pondrá su mano sobre la cabeza de su ofrenda, y después la degollará delante del tabernáculo de reunión; y los hijos de Aarón rociarán su sangre sobre el altar alrededor.

9Y del sacrificio de paz ofrecerá por ofrenda encendida a Jehová la grosura, la cola entera, la cual quitará a raíz del espinazo, la grosura que cubre todos los intestinos, y toda la que está sobre las entrañas.

10Asimismo los dos riñones y la grosura que está sobre ellos, y la que está sobre los ijares; y con los riñones quitará la grosura de sobre el hígado.

11Y el sacerdote hará arder esto sobre el altar; vianda es de ofrenda encendida para Jehová.

12Si fuere cabra su ofrenda, la ofrecerá delante de Jehová.

13Pondrá su mano sobre la cabeza de ella, y la degollará delante del tabernáculo de reunión; y los hijos de Aarón rociarán su sangre sobre el altar alrededor.

14Después ofrecerá de ella su ofrenda encendida a Jehová; la grosura que cubre los intestinos, y toda la grosura que está sobre las entrañas,

15los dos riñones, la grosura que está sobre ellos, y la que está sobre los ijares; y con los riñones quitará la grosura de sobre el hígado.

16Y el sacerdote hará arder esto sobre el altar; vianda es de ofrenda que se quema en olor grato a Jehová; toda la grosura es de Jehová.

17Estatuto perpetuo será por vuestras edades, dondequiera que habitéis, que ninguna grosura ni ninguna sangre comeréis.

JAMIESON-FAUSSET-BROWN BIBLE COMMENTARY

Versículo 2

I. he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering--Having performed this significant act, he ki…

he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering--Having performed this significant act, he killed it before the door of the tabernacle, and the priests sprinkled the blood round about upon the altar.

Versículo 3

II. he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering--The peace offering differed from the oblat…

he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering--The peace offering differed from the oblations formerly mentioned in this respect: while the burnt offering was wholly consumed on the altar, and the freewill offering was partly consumed and partly assigned to the priests; in this offering the fat alone was burnt; only a small part was allotted to the priests while the rest was granted to the offerer and his friends, thus forming a sacred feast of which the Lord, His priests, and people conjointly partook, and which was symbolical of the spiritual feast, the sacred communion which, through Christ, the great peace offering, believers enjoy. (See further on Lev 19:5-8; Lev 22:21). the fat that covereth the inwards--that is, the web work that presents itself first to the eye on opening the belly of a cow. the fat . . . upon the inwards--adhering to the intestines, but easily removable from them; or, according to some, that which was next the ventricle.

Versículo 4

III. the two kidneys . . . of the flock . . . the whole rump--There is, in Eastern countries, a specie…

the two kidneys . . . of the flock . . . the whole rump--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 sixty or seventy English pounds weight, of which the tail usually weighs fifteen pounds and upwards. This species is by far the most numerous in Arabia, Syria, and Palestine, and, forming probably a large portion in the flocks of the Israelites, it seems to have been the kind that usually bled on the Jewish altars. The extraordinary size and deliciousness of their tails give additional importance to this law. To command by an express law the tail of a certain sheep to be offered in sacrifice to God, might well surprise us; but the wonder ceases, when we are told of those broad-tailed Eastern sheep, and of the extreme delicacy of that part which was so particularly specified in the statute [PAXTON].

Versículo 12

IV. if his offering be a goat--Whether this or any of the other two animals were chosen, the same gen…

if his offering be a goat--Whether this or any of the other two animals were chosen, the same general directions were to be followed in the ceremony of offering.

Versículo 17

V. ye eat neither fat nor blood--The details given above distinctly define the fat in animals which …

ye eat neither fat nor blood--The details given above distinctly define the fat in animals which was not to be eaten, so that all the rest, whatever adhered to other parts, or was intermixed with them, might be used. The prohibition of blood rested on a different foundation, being intended to preserve their reverence for the Messiah, who was to shed His blood as an stoning sacrifice for the sins of the world [BROWN]. Next: Leviticus Chapter 4

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