Leviticus 7:5Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers

This is the law of the sacrifice of obedience: It is a great holy thing; the sacrifice of duty shall be slain in the place where the burnt-offering is slain, and its blood shall be sprinkled upon the altar on all sides; the offerer shall present out of it all the fat, the curd, and the fat that covers the viscera, and both kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, that is upon the stalks, and the omentum that is upon the liver; with the kidneys let him separate these things; and the priest shall burn these things upon the altar as an offering to the Lord: it shall be a sacrifice of oblation. All the male offspring of the priestly lineage may partake of it; it must be consumed in the holy place: it is a great holy thing. The law is consistent for both the sin-offering and the sacrifice of obligation: it is designated for the priest, who purges through it” (Lev. 6:30; 7:1-7).

It forbids the consumption of the entrails of the offerings, which are to be dedicated solely to God; this suggests the directive, “Let them be burned with fire,” indicating they are to be set apart for consecration to the one Divine and perfect nature, which fire signifies. When the ram of the guilt offering is sacrificed, its blood is poured at the altar's base; for the death of Christ is both holy and sacred, as well as fragrant. The entrails, fat, kidneys, and the lobes of the liver are to be collected. This serves as a representation of virtue, not merely one, but many forms of virtue, as there are numerous varieties of virtue. Hence, we find justification in Christ, who endured death for us and presented Himself “unto God, to God, to the Father, in savour pleasing” (Eph. 5:2).