12 Bible Verses about Fat Of Animals

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Leviticus 7:23

“Tell the Israelites: You are not to eat any fat of an ox, a sheep, or a goat.

Leviticus 3:16

Then the priest will burn the food on the altar, as a fire offering for a pleasing aroma.

“All fat belongs to the Lord.

Leviticus 3:17

This is a permanent statute throughout your generations, wherever you live: you must not eat any fat or any blood.”

Leviticus 7:24

The fat of an animal that dies naturally or is mauled by wild beasts may be used for any purpose, but you must not eat it.

1 Samuel 2:15-16

Even before the fat was burned, the priest’s servant would come and say to the man who was sacrificing, “Give the priest some meat to roast, because he won’t accept boiled meat from you—only raw.” If that man said to him, “The fat must be burned first; then you can take whatever you want for yourself,” the servant would reply, “No, I insist that you hand it over right now. If you don’t, I’ll take it by force!”

Genesis 45:18

Get your father and your families, and come back to me. I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you can eat from the richness of the land.’

Job 36:16

Indeed, He lured you from the jaws of distress
to a spacious and unconfined place.
Your table was spread with choice food.

Isaiah 34:7

The wild oxen will be struck down with them,
and young bulls with the mighty bulls.
Their land will be soaked with blood,
and their soil will be saturated with fat.

Isaiah 34:6

The Lord’s sword is covered with blood.
It drips with fat,
with the blood of lambs and goats,
with the fat of the kidneys of rams.
For the Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah,
a great slaughter in the land of Edom.

Ezekiel 39:19

You will eat fat until you are satisfied and drink blood until you are drunk, at My sacrificial feast that I have prepared for you.

Exodus 23:18

“You must not offer the blood of My sacrifices with anything leavened. The fat of My festival offering must not remain until morning.

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