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Leviticus 3:15-17
New English Translation
Leviticus 3:15-17
New English Translation
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).[a] 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. 17 This is[b] a perpetual statute throughout your generations[c] in all the places where you live: You must never eat any fat or any blood.’”[d]
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- Leviticus 3:15 tn Heb “and the protruding lobe on the liver on the kidneys he shall remove it.”
- Leviticus 3:17 tn The words “This is” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied due to requirements of English style.
- Leviticus 3:17 tn Heb “for your generations”; NAB “for your descendants”; NLT “for you and all your descendants.”
- Leviticus 3:17 tn Heb “all fat and all blood you must not eat.”
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