This is emphatically addressed to the people. They were not to eat in their own meal what belonged to the altar of Yahweh, nor what was the perquis…

You shall eat no manner of fat. —That is, the fat of cattle, sheep, or goats. The fat of these three kinds of sacrificial…

Speak to the children of Israel. Since in all sacrifices the fat was consecrated to God, and was burnt on the altar, God forbade His peopl…

Speak unto the children of Israel, saying
Putting them in mind, by repeating to them the laws concerning fat and blo…

Regarding the peace-offerings, God allowed them more freedom in expressing their sense of mercy than in expressing their sense of sin, so that thei…