Discovery BoxLeviticus 3:13-17 
Context3:13 lay his hand on its head, and slaughter it before the Meeting Tent, and the sons of Aaron must splash its blood against the altar’s sides. 3:14 Then he must present from it his offering as a gift to the Lord: the fat which covers the entrails and all the fat on the entrails, 1 3:15 the two kidneys with the fat on their sinews, and the protruding lobe on the liver (which he is to remove along with the kidneys). 2 3:16 Then the priest must offer them up in smoke on the altar as a food gift for a soothing aroma – all the fat belongs to the Lord. 3:17 This is 3 a perpetual statute throughout your generations 4 in all the places where you live: You must never eat any fat or any blood.’” 5
1 sn See the note on this phrase in 3:3.
2 tn Heb “and the protruding lobe on the liver on the kidneys he shall remove it.”
3 tn The words “This is” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied due to requirements of English style.
4 tn Heb “for your generations”; NAB “for your descendants”; NLT “for you and all your descendants.”
5 tn Heb “all fat and all blood you must not eat.”
