Leviticus 4:31

“And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour unto the LORD; and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him.”

"And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour unto the LORD; and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him." - Leviticus 4:31
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What does Leviticus 4:31 mean?

Leviticus 4:31 from the King James Version of the Bible states, "And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour unto the LORD; and the priest shall…

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The Sweet Savor of Atonement

In Leviticus 4:31 we find a profound portrayal of the sacrificial system that God instituted for the Israelites, “And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it upon the altar for a…

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A Prayer of Atonement and Surrender

O Sovereign Lord, our Creator and Sustainer, we bow before Your holy presence, acknowledging Your majesty and power as we seek to understand the depths of Your forgiveness and mercy. In the stillness of this moment, we reflect on the words from Leviticus 4:31, which speaks to us…

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Leviticus 4:31 - "And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour unto the LORD; and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him."
Leviticus 7:31 - "And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar: but the breast shall be Aaron's and his sons'."
Leviticus 22:31 - "Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am the LORD."
Leviticus 16:31 - "It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever."
Leviticus 27:31 - "And if a man will at all redeem ought of his tithes, he shall add thereto the fifth part thereof."
Leviticus 23:31 - "Ye shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings."
Leviticus 11:31 - "These are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even."
Leviticus 19:31 - "¶ Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God."
Leviticus 15:31 - "Thus shall ye separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness; that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle that is among them."
Leviticus 26:31 - "And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours."
Leviticus 26: 4-6
Leviticus 25:31 - "But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about them shall be counted as the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubile."
Leviticus 26: 4-6
Leviticus 26: 4-6
Leviticus 4:1 - "And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,"
Leviticus 14:31 - "Even such as he is able to get, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, with the meat offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed before the LORD."
Leviticus 13:31 - "And if the priest look on the plague of the scall, and, behold, it be not in sight deeper than the skin, and that there is no black hair in it; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague of the scall seven days:"
Galatians 4:31 - "So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free."
Leviticus 27:4 - "And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels."
Exodus 31:4 - "To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,"
Leviticus 8:31 - "¶ And Moses said unto Aaron and to his sons, Boil the flesh at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and there eat it with the bread that is in the basket of consecrations, as I commanded, saying, Aaron and his sons shall eat it."
Leviticus 4:16 - "And the priest that is anointed shall bring of the bullock's blood to the tabernacle of the congregation:"
"Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am the LORD." - Leviticus 22:31
"And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar: but the breast shall be Aaron's and his sons'." - Leviticus 7:31
Job 31:4 - "Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?"
Genesis 31:4 - "And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,"
John 4:31 - "¶ In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat."
Luke 4:31 - "And came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath days."
Leviticus 4:5 - "And the priest that is anointed shall take of the bullock's blood, and bring it to the tabernacle of the congregation:"