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Fat (1)
        The Hebrews distinguished between the suet or pure fat of an animal and the fat which was intermixed with the lean. Ne 8:10 Certain restrictions were imposed upon them in reference to the former; some parts of the suet, viz., about the stomach, the entrails, the kidneys, and the tail of a sheep, which grows to an excessive size in many eastern countries, and produces a large quantity of rich fat, were forbidden to be eaten in the case of animals offered to Jehovah in sacrifice. Le 3:3,9,17; 7:3,23 The ground of the prohibition was that the fat was the richest part of the animal, and therefore belonged to him. Le 3:16 The burning of the fat of sacrifices was particularly specified in each kind of offering.


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