fat Any other {fat} they might eat; but the fat of these was sacred, because they were the only animals which were offered in sacrifice, though many others ranked among the {clean} animals as well as these. This prohibition may, however, be understood of these animals {when} offered in sacrifice, and {then only} in reference to the {inward} fat, described in verse

4. Of the fat in any other circumstances, it cannot be intended, as it was one of the especial blessings which God gave to his people.-- `Butter of kind, and milk of sheep, with {fat} of {lambs}, and {rams} of the breed of Bashan, and {goats}, were the provision which he graciously bestowed on his followers. (See

Deuteronomy 32:12-14 So the LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him...

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Leviticus 3:16,17 And the priest shall burn them on the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet smell: all the fat is the LORD's...

Leviticus 4:8-10 And he shall take off from it all the fat of the bullock for the sin offering; the fat that covers the inwards...

Leviticus 17:6 And the priest shall sprinkle the blood on the altar of the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation...

Deuteronomy 32:38 Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offerings? let them rise up and help you...

1 Samuel 2:15-17,29 Also before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest...

Acts 28:27 For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed...

Romans 8:13 For if you live after the flesh, you shall die: but if you through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, you shall live.

Romans 13:13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.