Leviticus 3

¹ ' "If his sacrifice is a communion sacrifice, and if he offers an animal from the herd, be it male or female,whatever he offers before Yahweh must be unblemished.

² He wil lay his hand on the victim's head and slaughter it at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. Thepriests descended from Aaron wil then pour the blood al around the altar.

³ He wil offer part of the communion sacrifice as food burnt for Yahweh: the fat covering the entrails, althe fat on the entrails,

⁴ both kidneys, the fat on them and on the loins, the mass of fat which he wil remove from the liver andkidneys.

⁵ The priests descended from Aaron will then burn this on the altar, in addition to the burnt offering, on thewood of the fire, food burnt as a smel pleasing to Yahweh.

⁶ "If it is an animal from the flock which he offers as a communion sacrifice to Yahweh, be the animal thathe offers male or female, it must be unblemished.

⁷ "If he offers a sheep, he wil offer it before Yahweh,

⁸ he wil lay his hand on the victim's head and slaughter it in front of the Tent of Meeting; the priestsdescended from Aaron wil then pour its blood al around the altar.

⁹ Of the communion sacrifice he wil offer the fol owing as food burnt for Yahweh: the fat, al the tail takenoff near the base of the spine, the fat covering the entrails, al the fat on the entrails,

¹⁰ both kidneys, the fat on them and on the loins, the mass of fat which he wil remove from the liver andkidneys.

¹¹ The priest wil then burn this on the altar as food, as food burnt for Yahweh.

¹² "If his offering is a goat, he will offer it before Yahweh,

¹³ he wil lay his hand on the victim's head and slaughter it in front of the Tent of Meeting, and thedescendants of Aaron wil then pour its blood al around the altar.

¹⁴ This is what he wil then offer of it as food burnt for Yahweh: the fat covering the entrails, al the fat onthe entrails,

¹⁵ both kidneys, the fat on them and on the loins, the mass of fat which he wil remove from the liver andkidneys.

¹⁶ The priest wil then burn these pieces on the altar as food burnt as a smel pleasing to Yahweh. "All thefat belongs to Yahweh.

¹⁷ This is a perpetual law for al your descendants, wherever you may live: that you will not eat either fator blood." '