Reference: Liver
Hastings
1. In the great majority of cases where the liver is mentioned, it is in connexion with the law of sacrifice as prescribed in Priestly Narrative (Ex 29:13,22; Le 3:4,10,16 etc.), and always in association with the caul (y
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and thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inner part, and the caul upon the liver, and the two kidneys, with the fat which is upon them, and burn as incense on the altar:
Then shalt thou take from the ram - the fat and the fat-tail and the fat that covereth the inner part and the caul of the liver and the two kidneys with the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder, - for, a ram of installation, it is, -
and the two kidneys, and the fat which is upon them, which is upon the loins, - and the caul upon the liver, upon the kidneys, shall he remove it.
and the two kidneys, with the fat that is on them, which is on the loins, - and the caul that is on the liver, on the kidneys, shall he remove it.
Then shall the priest make a perfume at the altar, - the food of an altar-flame for a satisfying odour, - all the fat - unto Yahweh.
His archers came round against me, He clave asunder my reins, and spared not, He poured out, on the earth, my gall:
Until an arrow cleaveth his liver, as a bird hasteth into a snare, and knoweth not, that, for his life, it is!
Blinded with tears are mine eyes, In ferment is my body, Poured out to the earth is my grief, for the sore hurt of the daughter of my people, - when child and suckling are swooning, in the broadways of the city.
For the king of Babylon hath come tea stand At the parting of the way. At the head of the two ways To divine a divination:He hath shaken with arrows He hath asked of the household gods, He hath inspected the liver.