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Leviticus 3:7-17 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

7. If you offer a sheep, you must present it to me at the entrance to the sacred tent.

8. Lay your hand on its head and have it killed there. A priest will then splatter its blood against the four sides of the altar.

9. Offer the fat on the tail, the tailbone, and the insides,

10. as well as the lower part of the liver and the two kidneys with their fat.

11. One of the priests will lay these pieces on the altar and send them up in smoke as a food offering for me.

12. If you offer a goat, you must also present it to me

13. at the entrance to the sacred tent. Lay your hand on its head and have it killed there. A priest will then splatter its blood against the four sides of the altar.

14. Offer all the fat on the animal's insides,

15. as well as the lower part of the liver and the two kidneys with their fat.

16. One of the priests will put these pieces on the altar and send them up in smoke as a food offering with a smell that pleases me.All fat belongs to me.

17. So you and your descendants must never eat any fat or any blood, not even in the privacy of your own homes. This law will never change.

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