3:1 If a person’s offering is a communion sacrifice, if it is brought from the herd, be it a male or a female animal, it must be presented without blemish before the Lord.
3:2 The one offering it shall lay a hand on the head of the offering. It shall then be slaughtered at the entrance of the tent of meeting. Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall splash its blood on all the sides of the altar.
3:3 From the communion sacrifice the individual shall offer as an oblation to the Lord the fat that covers the inner organs, and all the fat that adheres to them,
3:4 as well as the two kidneys, with the fat on them near the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which is removed with the kidneys.
3:5 Aaron’s sons shall burn this on the altar with the burnt offering that is on the wood and the embers, as a sweet-smelling oblation to the Lord.
3:6 If the communion sacrifice one offers to the Lord is from the flock, be it a male or a female animal, it must be presented without blemish.
3:7 If one presents a lamb as an offering, that person shall bring it before the Lord,
3:8 and after laying a hand on the head of the offering, it shall then be slaughtered before the tent of meeting. Aaron’s sons shall splash its blood on all the sides of the altar.
3:9 From the communion sacrifice the individual shall present as an oblation to the Lord its fat: the whole fatty tail, which is removed close to the spine, the fat that covers the inner organs, and all the fat that adheres to them,
3:10 as well as the two kidneys, with the fat on them near the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which is removed with the kidneys.
3:11 The priest shall burn this on the altar as food, an oblation to the Lord.
3:12 If a person’s offering is a goat, the individual shall bring it before the Lord,
3:13 and after laying a hand on its head, it shall then be slaughtered before the tent of meeting. Aaron’s sons shall splash its blood on all the sides of the altar.
3:14 From this the one sacrificing shall present an offering as an oblation to the Lord: the fat that covers the inner organs, and all the fat that adheres to them,
3:15 as well as the two kidneys, with the fat on them near the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which is removed with the kidneys.
3:16 The priest shall burn these on the altar as food, a sweet-smelling oblation. All the fat belongs to the Lord.
3:17 This shall be a perpetual ordinance for your descendants wherever they may dwell. You shall not eat any fat or any blood.
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