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Leviticus 4:35

Made Simple — Modern English Translation

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KJV ORIGINAL
And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest shall burn them upon the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the LORD: and the priest shall make an atonement for his sin that he hath committed, and it shall be forgiven him.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE

The priest shall remove all the fat, just like the fat is removed from a lamb in peace offerings. Then the priest will burn the fat on the altar as a fire offering to the LORD. The priest will make atonement for the person's sin, and that person will be forgiven.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

This verse explains how a priest completes a sin offering by burning the fat on the altar, which results in God's forgiveness for the person who sinned.

📚 Historical Context

This verse is part of God's detailed instructions to Moses about sin offerings in the wilderness tabernacle around 1440 BC. When someone unintentionally sinned, they were required to bring a specific animal sacrifice to the priest. The burning of fat was considered the choicest part of the offering, representing giving God the very best portion.

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2 Chronicles 29:24
The priests sacrificed the animals and used their blood on the altar to make things right between God and the people, covering the sins of all Israel. The king had ordered that these burnt offerings and sin offerings be made for the entire nation of Israel.
Nehemiah 10:33
For the bread that is displayed before God, for the regular grain offerings, for the regular burnt offerings on Sabbaths and new moon celebrations, for the appointed festivals, for the holy items, and for the sin offerings to make things right between God and Israel, and for everything needed to maintain God's house.
Exodus 29:36
Every day you must offer a young bull as a sacrifice for sin to make atonement. You must cleanse the altar when you have made atonement for it, and you must anoint it with oil to make it holy.

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The original manuscript text provided is based on the King James Version (KJV), which is in the public domain. Our modern English simplifications are generated via proprietary philological synthesis, cross-referenced against Strong's Exhaustive Concordance and the Textus Receptus to ensure unwavering theological and etymological precision.

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