John Gill Commentary Leviticus 8:16

"And he took all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the caul of the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat; and Moses burned it upon the altar." — Leviticus 8:16 (ASV)

And he took all the fat that was upon the inwards Called the "omentum":

and the caul [above] the liver; the lobe upon the liver, as the Septuagint; or "the caul" and "the liver", so says Jarchi; the liver separately, for he took a little of the liver with it, the caul:

and the two kidneys, and their fat, and Moses burned [it] upon the altar: the fat of these several parts, which has been often observed was done; and in imitation of which, the same has been done by the Persians and their Magi, as related by Strabo ^F24 and others ^F25; and by the Romans, to which Persius ^F26 refers; and these several parts are generally covered with fat in fat creatures, and especially sheep, as Aristotle ^F1 observes.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F24: Geograph. l. 15. p. 504.
• F25: "Omentum in flamma pingue" Catullus.
• F26: "Tot tibi cum in flammis" Satyr. 2.
• F1: Hist. Animal. l. 3. c. 17.