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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Leviticus 3 NLT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/leviticus/3.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/leviticus/3-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NLT</a> > Leviticus 3</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../leviticus/2.htm" title="Leviticus 2">◄</a> Leviticus 3 <a href="../leviticus/4.htm" title="Leviticus 4">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/leviticus/3.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Procedures for the Peace Offering</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/3-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>“If you present an animal from the herd as a peace offering to the LORD, it may be a male or a female, but it must have no defects. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Lay your hand on the animal’s head, and slaughter it at the entrance of the Tabernacle.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> Then Aaron’s sons, the priests, will splatter its blood against all sides of the altar. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>The priest must present part of this peace offering as a special gift to the LORD. This includes all the fat around the internal organs, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>the two kidneys and the fat around them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver. These must be removed with the kidneys, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>and Aaron’s sons will burn them on top of the burnt offering on the wood burning on the altar. It is a special gift, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>“If you present an animal from the flock as a peace offering to the LORD, it may be a male or a female, but it must have no defects. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>If you present a sheep as your offering, bring it to the LORD, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>lay your hand on its head, and slaughter it in front of the Tabernacle. Aaron’s sons will then splatter the sheep’s blood against all sides of the altar. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>The priest must present the fat of this peace offering as a special gift to the LORD. This includes the fat of the broad tail cut off near the backbone, all the fat around the internal organs, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>the two kidneys and the fat around them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver. These must be removed with the kidneys, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>and the priest will burn them on the altar. It is a special gift of food presented to the LORD.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“If you present a goat as your offering, bring it to the LORD, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>lay your hand on its head, and slaughter it in front of the Tabernacle. Aaron’s sons will then splatter the goat’s blood against all sides of the altar. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The priest must present part of this offering as a special gift to the LORD. This includes all the fat around the internal organs, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>the two kidneys and the fat around them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver. These must be removed with the kidneys, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>and the priest will burn them on the altar. It is a special gift of food, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. All the fat belongs to the LORD.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>“You must never eat any fat or blood. This is a permanent law for you, and it must be observed from generation to generation, wherever you live.”</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">3:2 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">Tent of Meeting;</span><span class="ft"> also in 3:8, 13.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of <a href="http://www.tyndale.com">Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.</a>, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. 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