Translations
Modern
If anyone eats the fat of an animal from which a food offering may be presented to the LORD, the one who eats it must be cut off from his people.
Traditional
For whosoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which men offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord, even the soul that eateth it shall be cut off from his people.
Literal
For anyone eating fat from the beast of which he brings near, a fire offering to YHWH, then the soul eating shall be cut off from his people.
Latin
Si quis adipem, qui offerri debet in incensum Domini, comederit, peribit de populo suo.
Original
Hebrew
English
If anyone eats the fat of an animal from which a food offering may be presented to the LORD, the one who eats it must be cut off from his people.
Notes
In the sacrificial system, the fat and blood of all altar offerings belonged to God. People offered them before eating any part of the sacrifice. God forbid the Israelites of consuming blood because it represented the animal's life (Leviticus 17:10–16). The rule against eating fat might have been because fat, considered the best part, belonged to God.
Theme notes and profiles
Glossary
Biblical Concept of Law Deuteronomy, Book of History of Israel Law of Moses Leviticus, Book of Moses Offerings and Sacrifices