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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You are to take all the fat that covers the entrails, and the lobe that is above the liver, and the two kidneys and the fat that is on them, and burn them on the altar.
"You are to take from the ram the fat, the fat tail, the fat that covers the entrails, the lobe of the liver, the two kidneys and the fat that is on them, and the right thigh -- for it is the ram for consecration --
the two kidneys with the fat on their sinews, and the protruding lobe on the liver (which he is to remove along with the kidneys).
the two kidneys with the fat on their sinews, and the protruding lobe on the liver (which he is to remove along with the kidneys).
Then the priest must offer them up in smoke on the altar as a food gift for a soothing aroma -- all the fat belongs to the Lord.
his archers surround me. Without pity he pierces my kidneys and pours out my gall on the ground.
till an arrow pierces his liver -- like a bird hurrying into a trap, and he does not know that it will cost him his life.
(Kaf) My eyes are worn out from weeping; my stomach is in knots. My heart is poured out on the ground due to the destruction of my helpless people; children and infants faint in the town squares.
For the king of Babylon stands at the fork in the road at the head of the two routes. He looks for omens: He shakes arrows, he consults idols, he examines animal livers.